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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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[–] 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 11 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 7 points 1 year ago

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