joker in the pack
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (figuratively) Something or someone that can change things in unanticipated ways; a wildcard.
Further reading
[edit]- “joker in the pack”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “joker in the pack”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “the joker in the pack” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “the joker in the pack” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.