how's tricks
Informal greeting roughly equivalent to How are you? or How's it going?
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“Hey, long time no see — how's tricks?”
“He bumped into an old colleague at the coffee shop and asked, "How's tricks?" with a grin.”
“The retired boxer spotted his former trainer across the pub, raised his glass, and called out, "How's tricks, you old rascal?" — a greeting unchanged by thirty years.”
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bag of tricks
A set of skills, techniques, items of information, or other resources used to help achieve professional or personal goals.
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do the trick
To work; to be successful; to solve a problem; to be sufficient or adequate to fulfill a purpose.
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Jedi mind trick
A mental feat such as apparently inducing someone to act a certain way or reading someone's mind, achieved as if by magic or telepathy.
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know every trick in the book
To know all there is to be known about a certain discipline.
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penny-come-quick
[Cockney slang]a trick
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trick of the trade
A shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.
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trick question
A question that attempts to elicit an answer in a certain way, usually incorrectly (i.e. that seems to have an obvious answer that is however incorrect), or a question that does not have a correct answer or that hides the real question or some difficulty.
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trick up one's sleeve
Synonym of ace up one's sleeve.
Last updated August 10, 2026