Try, use, etc. every trick in the book phrase
Try, use, know etc. every possible method to achieve something
I try every trick in the book to get her attention, but it doesn't work.
My mom used every trick in the book to clean the oven, but nothing worked.
Mrs. Park: "Paul, what are you doing with our eggs?" Paul: "Mom, I'm trying every trick in the book to help them to hatch."
I promise to use every trick in the book to stop myself, a shopaholic, from buying useless stuff.
My father is a good mechanical engineer, so he knows every trick in the book to repair machines.
Clever methods used by experienced people in a specific domain to gain advantage
One very nearly achieved or got something, but in the end you just failed, or there is still some difficulty to do before that can happen.
Used to refer to a set of methods or items that one can use to achieve something.
To complete an extremely important part of the work in order to achieve a certain goal
Used to indicate that one has mastered or succeeded in doing something
The verb "try, use, etc." should be conjugated according to its tense.