The magician showed us his entire bag of tricks.
bag of tricks
idiomA set of skills, techniques, items of information, or other resources used to help achieve professional or personal goals.
Origin
disputed originAn allusion to the collection of props and devices used by a magician.
The experienced teacher has a deep bag of tricks to keep her students focused during long lessons.
Facing a complex legal challenge, the seasoned attorney relied on her vast bag of tricks to secure a favorable outcome for her client.
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bag of bones
A skinny, malnourished person or animal.
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brown bag
A short presentation or seminar on a given subject, especially one given at lunchtime.
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give someone the bag
To disappoint (someone).
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how's tricks
Informal greeting roughly equivalent to How are you? or How's it going?
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let the cat out of the bag
To disclose a secret; to let a secret be known, often inadvertently.
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mixed bag
Something tending to have both good and bad results or characteristics; something having a mixture of advantages and disadvantages.
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squint like a bag of nails
To squint very much, as though one's eyes were directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails.
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the cat's out of the bag
It is too late. Particularly used of secrets that have been exposed.