how's tricks

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Phrase

how's tricks?

1. (idiomatic, colloquial) Informal greeting roughly equivalent to How are you? or How's it going?
   • The Grip (Toronto), 12 April 1884:

     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.

Translations

informal greeting

• Finnish: miten menee (fi) (informal), kuinka hurisee (informal)
• French: ça gaze? (fr)
• German: Wie steht's
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hva skjer, står til