Probably a British expression
BertramDitore@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Comes up trumps again? What? Is this something people say?
Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 1 year ago
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.
Palerider@feddit.uk 1 year ago
It is indeed but it’s also used in a lot of card games to describe one hand that trumps (beats) another…
nevernevermore@kbin.social 1 year ago
Have you played many card games? Trump cards are ones that beat any other card in a hand.
BertramDitore@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s really weird phrasing… It’s not just you.
ryno364@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sometimes I think headlines try to find any excuse to put the word “trump” in. Ya know for various reasons…
Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Like in Euchre
triprotic@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
In the UK there’s a card game “top trumps”:
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.