Pull a Rabbit Out of a Hat——出其不意

** accomplish something surprising or unexpected（做出令人驚訝或意想不到的事情）// find a solution for a difficulty that seemed insurmountable（找到一個難以克服難題的解決方案）// get magical results（獲得神奇的結果）

~~ 出其不意；突施妙計；魔術之舉；憑空獻計；使出絕招；另闢蹊徑；突然找到解決問題的辦法；不同凡響的解決辦法；驚人之舉

~~ do something as if by magic; do something unexpected; do something unorthodox; do something surprising; cut the Gordian knot; think outside the box

!! The metaphor comes from an old trick of the magician of pulling a rabbit or some unexpected objects (e.g., a cottage into a castle) out of a hat he has made the audience believe is empty. But, in fact the rabbit or object is hidden in a compartment in the hat.

這個隱喻來自魔術師一個老把戲，即從一頂帽子中撥出一隻兔子或一些意想不到的物品（例如一間小屋變成城堡），讓觀眾認為帽中間是空洞的。但實際上，兔子或物體只是隱藏在帽子的隔間中。

>> Nobody knew how the hostile takeover attempt would end, but then our CEO pulled a rabbit out of his hat, and nipped it in the bud.

沒有人知道敵意收購企圖會如何結束，但我們的首席執行官出其不意把它消滅於萌芽狀態。

>> As much as I would like to be able to pull a rabbit out of a hat to help on your dilemma of a decision between expansion and consolidation, but I don’t know your business environment enough.

儘管我希望能突施妙計來幫你解決擴張和整合之間進退兩難的困境，但我還是不了解你的商業環境。

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