grand coup
/ˌɡrɒ̃ ˈkuː/noun
1A bold and strikingly successful stroke or move.
2 Whist and Bridge. The deliberate disposal of a superfluous trump by ruffing a winning card from the opposite hand.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in William Kenrick (d. 1779), writer and translator. From French grand coup from grand + coup.
- talking point
- talking shop
- talking therapy
- talking-to
- talk nineteen to the dozen
- talk of the devil
- talk (or speak) in riddles
- talk out of one's arse
- talk radio
- talk sense into
- talk shop
- talk show
- talk someone out of
- talk someone round (or around)
- talk someone/thing up (or down)
- talk someone through
- talk something out
- talk something over (or through)
- talk the hind leg off a donkey
- talk the talk
- talk through one's hat (or arse or backside or ass)
- talk time
- talk to
- talk to the hand
- talk turkey