whole box of tricks
Language: en
Meaning: (idiomatic)Everythingandanythingassociatedwith acertainenterprise.1880October 30,The Weekly Times, Melbourne, page17, column 1:He can't defend Berry, and yet he is afraid to make it too lively for him, in case the "party" should, by some chance or other, believe in "the organ," and upset thewhole box of tricks.
Examples:EN: We sailed in circles, for two or three nights to practice under sail with all the drill, turning about, bracing the yards the whole box of tricks.
ES: Navegamos en círculos, durante dos o tres noches para practicar cómo arriar velas con toda la maquinaria, virar, calcular las yardas todos los trucos.
EN: She had a whole box of tricks.
ES: Tenía una caja llena de trucos.
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