how's tricks

phrase

Informal greeting roughly equivalent to How are you? or How's it going?

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Meanings

phrasehow's tricks?
  1. colloquialidiomaticInformal greeting roughly equivalent to How are you? or How's it going?

    ‘G’day there, Jessie. How’s tricks? You know me cobber?’ ‘Know him? Course I know him!’

    1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 28
    1 more example

    He was smoking a cigar (a most unusual occurrence), and a smile of satisfaction lit up his serene countenance. "How's tricks, Harry my boy?" I asked of that gentleman.

    12 April 1884, The Grip (Toronto)

Translations

Finnish miten menee, kuinka hurisee
  • miten meneeinformal greeting
  • kuinka huriseeinformal greeting
French ça gaze?
  • ça gaze?informal greeting
German Wie steht's
  • Wie steht'sinformal greeting
Norwegian Bokmål hva skjer, står til
  • hva skjerinformal greeting
  • står tilinformal greeting
Polish jak leci?
  • jak leci?informal greeting
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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