▲ 77 ▼ The Curse review: Emma Stone comes up trumps again in this brilliantly unsettling new television comedy (www.bbc.com) submitted 2 years ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago (5 children) Comes up trumps again? What? Is this something people say? permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] triprotic@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago In the UK there's a card game "top trumps": https://toptrumps.com/home/ Also in various card games (with a standard 52 card deck), like bridge, beating one hand with a better hand would be said to have one hand 'trump' another. I hate that there's a shady guy out there that has that word so tied to him. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de [S] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Probably a British expression permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I’ve heard that in the UK “Trump” is old person slang for a fart and has been since before the American Trump family was well known. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Palerider@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago It is indeed but it's also used in a lot of card games to describe one hand that trumps (beats) another... permalink fedilink source parent [–] ryno364@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Sometimes I think headlines try to find any excuse to put the word “trump” in. Ya know for various reasons… permalink fedilink source parent [–] nevernevermore@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Have you played many card games? Trump cards are ones that beat any other card in a hand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm aware of trump cards in card games. I'd just never heard "comes up trumps" as a turn of phrase. Made no sense to me in the context of a tv show. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] scottywh@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago It's really weird phrasing... It's not just you. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago Like in Euchre permalink fedilink source parent
[–] triprotic@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago In the UK there's a card game "top trumps": https://toptrumps.com/home/ Also in various card games (with a standard 52 card deck), like bridge, beating one hand with a better hand would be said to have one hand 'trump' another. I hate that there's a shady guy out there that has that word so tied to him. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de [S] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Probably a British expression permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I’ve heard that in the UK “Trump” is old person slang for a fart and has been since before the American Trump family was well known. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Palerider@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago It is indeed but it's also used in a lot of card games to describe one hand that trumps (beats) another... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I’ve heard that in the UK “Trump” is old person slang for a fart and has been since before the American Trump family was well known. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Palerider@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago It is indeed but it's also used in a lot of card games to describe one hand that trumps (beats) another... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Palerider@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago It is indeed but it's also used in a lot of card games to describe one hand that trumps (beats) another... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ryno364@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Sometimes I think headlines try to find any excuse to put the word “trump” in. Ya know for various reasons… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nevernevermore@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Have you played many card games? Trump cards are ones that beat any other card in a hand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm aware of trump cards in card games. I'd just never heard "comes up trumps" as a turn of phrase. Made no sense to me in the context of a tv show. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] scottywh@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago It's really weird phrasing... It's not just you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm aware of trump cards in card games. I'd just never heard "comes up trumps" as a turn of phrase. Made no sense to me in the context of a tv show. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] scottywh@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago It's really weird phrasing... It's not just you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago It's really weird phrasing... It's not just you. permalink fedilink source parent