Idiom
trick of the trade
Meaning
A shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She taught me a clever trick of the trade for cooking.”
“The veteran carpenter showed the apprentice a useful trick of the trade to cut the wood faster.”
“By observing the master chef for years, he slowly mastered every subtle trick of the trade required to run a professional kitchen.”
Examples
simple
“She taught me a clever trick of the trade for cooking.”
contextual
“The veteran carpenter showed the apprentice a useful trick of the trade to cut the wood faster.”
complex
“By observing the master chef for years, he slowly mastered every subtle trick of the trade required to run a professional kitchen.”
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