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The Curse review: Emma Stone comes up trumps again in this brilliantly unsettling new television comedy (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film

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[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Comes up trumps again? What? Is this something people say?

[–] triprotic@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year 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.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably a British expression

[–] MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Palerider@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

It is indeed but it's also used in a lot of card games to describe one hand that trumps (beats) another...

[–] ryno364@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Sometimes I think headlines try to find any excuse to put the word “trump” in. Ya know for various reasons…

[–] nevernevermore@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you played many card games? Trump cards are ones that beat any other card in a hand.

[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It's really weird phrasing... It's not just you.

[–] Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Like in Euchre

[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolutely can’t wait for this one. Nathan super fan over here 😍

I did think The Rehearsal was a bit much but I loved the ridiculousness of it.

[–] jeanofthedead@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Really annoying that they only mention Emma Stone in the headline. Nathan’s where it’s at.