come up trumps

뜻

to succeed or help when people did not expect it

뜻밖에 성공하거나 도움이 되다.

예문

1. 1Our quiet neighbour came up trumps and fixed the boiler on Christmas Day.
2. 2I didn't expect much from the cheap hotel, but it came up trumps.
3. 3Everyone expected Leo to forget the cake, but he came up trumps with a perfect three-layer one.
4. 4If the bank comes up trumps with a loan, we can finally open the shop.
5. 5We needed one more volunteer for the fair, and Gran came up trumps by running the cake stall all day.

문법

come은 불규칙 동사다: came, come. trumps는 늘 복수다. turn up trumps도 같은 뜻이다.