bajo manga

Language: es

1.
SpainLatin AmericaGeneral Spanishidiomaticinformal
- Variant of 'bajo la manga': to have a hidden advantage or reserve plan; an unexpected resource kept in reserve.
2.
SpainLatin AmericaGeneral Spanishcolloquialinformal
- Secretly or off the books; carried out covertly or without official acknowledgement.

Examples:

ES: Pero el tío Alfonso tiene un as bajo manga.
EN: But, Uncle Alfonso has an ace up his sleeve.
ES: Tendría que ser bajo manga.
EN: It would have to be under the table.
ES: Pero aún tenemos otra carta bajo manga.
EN: But we still have a trump card up our sleeve.
ES: Hicimos un par de trabajillos de bajo manga hace un tiempo.
EN: We did some off-the-books gray ops stuff back in the day.

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