come up trumps
/ˌkʌm ʌp ˈtrʌmps/INFORMAL · C1
SA FILIPINO
Walang direktang katumbas
Kahulugan
to succeed or help when people did not expect it
Magtagumpay o tumulong nang hindi inaasahan.
Mga halimbawa
- 1Our quiet neighbour came up trumps and fixed the boiler on Christmas Day.
- 2I didn’t expect much from the cheap hotel, but it came up trumps.
- 3Everyone expected Leo to forget the cake, but he came up trumps with a perfect three-layer one.
- 4If the bank comes up trumps with a loan, we can finally open the shop.
- 5We needed one more volunteer for the fair, and Gran came up trumps by running the cake stall all day.
Grammar
Irregular verb ang come: came, come. Laging plural ang trumps, at pareho ang kahulugan ng turn up trumps.
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