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[–] BertramDitore 62 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Comes up trumps again? What? Is this something people say?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago

In the UK there's a card game "top trumps":

https://toptrumps.com/home/

Also in various card games (with a standard 52 card deck), like bridge, beating one hand with a better hand would be said to have one hand 'trump' another.

I hate that there's a shady guy out there that has that word so tied to him.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Probably a British expression

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’ve heard that in the UK “Trump” is old person slang for a fart and has been since before the American Trump family was well known.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

It is indeed but it's also used in a lot of card games to describe one hand that trumps (beats) another...

[–] ryno364 5 points 10 months ago

Sometimes I think headlines try to find any excuse to put the word “trump” in. Ya know for various reasons…

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Have you played many card games? Trump cards are ones that beat any other card in a hand.

[–] BertramDitore 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm aware of trump cards in card games. I'd just never heard "comes up trumps" as a turn of phrase. Made no sense to me in the context of a tv show.

[–] scottywh 8 points 10 months ago

It's really weird phrasing... It's not just you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Like in Euchre