ace up sleeve vs budget

ace up sleeve

budget

noun
  • The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe. 

  • An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue. 

  • A relatively small amount of available money. 

adj
  • Appropriate to a restricted budget. 

verb
  • To plan for the use of in a budget. 

  • To construct or draw up a budget. 

  • To provide funds, allow for in a budget. 

How often have the words ace up sleeve and budget occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )