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Shane Gaskill Posted 11 years ago
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What Does This Phrase Mean

What does "our disaster ace in the hole" mean?
  

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Shane Gaskill What does "our disaster ace in the hole" mean? You may be parsing the sentence from which this came incorrectly. I can't say how "our disaster" got in there.

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  • Shane Gaskill What does "our disaster ace in the hole" mean?
  • You may be parsing the sentence from which this came incorrectly.
  • I can't say how "our disaster" got in there.
  • "ace in the hole" ~ a plan or piece of information kept secret until it becomes necessary to use it CJ
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Shane Gaskill What does "our disaster ace in the hole" mean?
You may be parsing the sentence from which this came incorrectly. I can't say how "our disaster" got in there.

"ace in the hole" ~ a plan or piece of information kept secret until it becomes necessary to use it

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Without context, this would mean something you can fall back on in case of a disaster.
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It refers to some plan or item that others are not aware of that can be used in case of emergency. If things turn out disastrously, we still have something we can try.
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