美国之音官网|每天一词up someone's sleeve

今天我们要学一个词组： up someone's sleeve。千万不要解释为"在谁的袖子上"。Up someone's sleeve是指某人的秘密。

在报导美国国务卿秘密访问贝鲁特时，报纸说："...if there were no secret visit up the Administration's sleeve ...." 意思是：要是当局不进行秘密访问，那才是奇怪了。

人们不太喜欢那种什么事都要保密的人。People dislike those who often have something up their sleeve. 但是，一个妻子为丈夫举行生日聚会而事先不告诉他--The wife has something up her sleeve for his birthday party，这丈夫当然会非常高兴。

今天我们学的一个词组是up someone's sleeve...