sacar de la manga

1.
Generalliteral
- To take something out of one’s sleeve, literally producing an object concealed inside a garment sleeve.
2.
SpainLatin Americacolloquialinformal
- To produce or produce unexpectedly a solution, idea, or trick at the last moment; to pull something out of nowhere as if by sleight of hand.

Examples:

ES: Bueno, me lo voy a sacar de la manga.
EN: - If I'm just going to wing it...
ES: Espero que tengas algún truco que te puedas sacar de la manga.
EN: Hope you've got some tricks left up your sleeve.
ES: ¿Hay algo más que... te vayas a sacar de la manga esta vez?
EN: Is there anything else that you would like to pull out of your ass at this time?
ES: Me lo acabo de sacar de la manga.
EN: I just made that up on the fly.

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