pull a rabbit out of a hat

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)To do somethingsurprisingandbeneficialthat isunexpected.2014September 8, Michael White, “Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe”, inThe Guardian:But Salmond the magician's dazzle has notpulled those crucial rabbits out of his hat. Not on tax and spending, on the currency union which he wants (but rUK does not), on Scotland's relations with an EU which does not want this aggro.

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