magic

• All smoke and mirrors

  Deceptive actions or elaborate presentations intended to hide the truth or create a misleading impression.

• Don't jinx it

  This idiom is used to caution against speaking about a positive outcome before it's certain, out of fear that doing so might invoke bad luck and prevent it from happening.

• Cast a spell

  To use magic, often through words or rituals, to influence or control someone or something.

• Put a hex on someone

  To cast a magical spell or curse intended to cause harm or bad luck to someone.

• Pull a rabbit out of a hat

  To produce a surprising, unexpected, or ingenious solution, item, or outcome, often as if by magic.

• To have a rabbit out of the hat

  To produce an unexpected and often ingenious solution or result in a surprising or seemingly effortless manner.

• Hocus pocus

  A nonsensical phrase used as a magical incantation or to describe something that appears to be magic or trickery.

• To have something up one's sleeve

  To possess a secret plan, advantage, or resource that is being kept hidden for future use, often to gain an advantage or surprise someone.