"Quite a little parlour game-- sort of
three-card trick, is it not.
BACK in 2015 anyone barmy enough to place a bet on a highly improbable
three-card trick of a Donald Trump presidency, a Boris Johnson premiership and a no-deal Brexit could now be looking at a windfall to rival Jacob Rees-Mogg's wealth.
He's simply part of a
three-card trick that has been played on the British people.
I don't think it's any good a government making laws tougher as, when it comes down to the judges, look at what they do - fall for the
three-card trick that the perpetrator has changed his ways etc then let them off.
Gorgeous George certainly created a brouhaha in the Commons this year when he pulled the proverbial rabbit from the hat and followed it up with a
three-card trick that left Ed Milliband looking lost, while Tory backbenchers danced in the aisles.
THE Birmingham office of global property consultants Cushman & Wakefield has completed a
three-card trick - with new acquisitions for Card Factory in the West Midlands.
What is the alternative title for the gambling game the
Three-Card Trick? 5.
GATESHEAD were hit by a
three-card trick at Alfreton Town as they threw away the three points that would have distanced themselves from the Conference Premier relegation zone.
However, con-men were in abundance at the April 1890 races and the Western Mail reported: "Outside the ring were the usual appliances for plucking the pigeons, such as the
three-card trick and a sort of monkey lottery, new to Cowbridge."
Here an even bigger group is engrossed in a three-card monte game also known as the
three-card trick. "Aaja bhai, aaja, himmat wala aadmi chahiye" (C'mon folks, we want somebody with courage here) shouts a man as he picks out three cards -- two black and one red -- and places them face down on the ironing table.
GRAHAM POLL Croatia v Australia, 2006 The Hertfordshire whistler's
three-card trick saw him book Croatia's Josip Simunic once more than top referees recommend!