that did the trick
that was a success
TRANSLATION
that did the trick = das war die Lösung, damit hat es geklappt --- GOOGLE INDEX that did the trick: approximately 38,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Tapping into the right resources, joining the right business networks and having a dogged determination to succeed DID THE TRICK for the tiny home-based tech startup Mixcloud.
(The Guardian)
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I stood under your bedroom window
Throwing up a brick
No one came, I threw one more
That really DID THE TRICK
(from the song "Anyone's Daughter" by Deep Purple)
(The Guardian)
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I stood under your bedroom window
Throwing up a brick
No one came, I threw one more
That really DID THE TRICK
(from the song "Anyone's Daughter" by Deep Purple)
Did you
know?
that did the trick
idiom
- to bring about the desired result
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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Many non-native English speakers are familiar with "trick" in the sense of an act or procedure intended to achieve an end by deceptive or fraudulent means (He tricked me out of my money!). But trick is also frequently used to refer to a special skill or a particular way of achieving something in an honest fashion.
Apart from "do the trick," several common idioms use trick in this sense:
- the tricks of the trade = special skills and knowledge associated with any trade or profession (Tom knows a few tricks of the trade.)
- bag of tricks/whole bag of tricks = a collection of special techniques or methods (Do you have anything in your bag of tricks that will solve the problem?)
- know a trick or two = to know some special way of dealing with a problem (I know a trick or two. Let me handle it.)
- use every trick in the book = to use every method possible (I used every trick in the book, but I still couldn't get on that overbooked flight.)
Etymology: Trick is from the Old North French trique (deceit, treachery, cheating), which likely derives from the Vulgar Latin triccare and the Latin tricari, meaning to be evasive, to shuffle.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I just turned the computer off and back on again. That did the trick."
idiom
- to bring about the desired result
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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Many non-native English speakers are familiar with "trick" in the sense of an act or procedure intended to achieve an end by deceptive or fraudulent means (He tricked me out of my money!). But trick is also frequently used to refer to a special skill or a particular way of achieving something in an honest fashion.
Apart from "do the trick," several common idioms use trick in this sense:
- the tricks of the trade = special skills and knowledge associated with any trade or profession (Tom knows a few tricks of the trade.)
- bag of tricks/whole bag of tricks = a collection of special techniques or methods (Do you have anything in your bag of tricks that will solve the problem?)
- know a trick or two = to know some special way of dealing with a problem (I know a trick or two. Let me handle it.)
- use every trick in the book = to use every method possible (I used every trick in the book, but I still couldn't get on that overbooked flight.)
Etymology: Trick is from the Old North French trique (deceit, treachery, cheating), which likely derives from the Vulgar Latin triccare and the Latin tricari, meaning to be evasive, to shuffle.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I just turned the computer off and back on again. That did the trick."
