bag of tricks
One's collected stratagems
A bag of tricks is the collection of methods, skills, or resources someone can draw on to accomplish something: The coach reached into his bag of tricks for a new play.
The phrase suggests resourcefulness and variety—having more than one approach available.
It often carries a slightly playful connotation, as if the person might produce something unexpected.
Methods to achieve goals
- techniquesSkilled ways of doing
- maneuversPlanned strategic movements
- gambitsTactical opening sacrifices
- schemesCrafty organized plans
ploys · stratagems · methods · approaches · moves · plays · ruses · wiles
tactics
Methods to achieve goals
- techniquesSkilled ways of doing
- maneuversPlanned strategic movements
- gambitsTactical opening sacrifices
schemes · ploys · stratagems · methods · approaches · moves · plays · ruses · wiles · devices
toolkit
Collection of implements
- arsenalStockpile of munitions
- repertoireWorks ready to perform
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
cache · inventory · stash · equipment · kit · supplies · gear · provisions · reserve · collection
- skill idiomsknow the ropes, cut the mustard, on the ball, sharp as a tack, jack of all trades
bag of tricksempty-handed
Possessing nothing to show
resourcelessness · helplessness · at a loss · dead end · impotence
bag of tricksone-trick pony
Person lacking versatility
one-note · one-dimensional · inflexibility · tunnel vision · predictability
bag of tricksempty hands
helplessness · resourcelessness · at a loss · cluelessness · inexperience
bags, bagged, bagging, trick, tricks, tricked, tricking, tricky, trickery