Meaning of every trick in the book | Babel Free
Definitions
- All possible knowledge of a subject matter.
- All possible means, both honest and dishonest.
Examples
“He was always one step ahead of me, as he seems to know every trick in the book.”
“The solicitor tried every trick in the book to get me to sign the contract, but I wasn't having any of it!”
“"Eurostar was running one train a day, so we had a massive revenue shock, and what was very real for us was the whole of our cashflow model changed. We didn't have the revenue, so we to pull every liquidity method and trick in the book to survive. You didn't have to do that on the rest of the network [because of government financial support].”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.