Idioms About Clothes
Learn fashionably and appropriately dress with these 6 clothing idioms:
To be dressed to kill
Intentionally wearing clothes that attract sexual attention and admiration.
Перевод: отпадно одетый.
Пример: Wow, look at Sally! She’s really dressed to kill.
All dressed up and nowhere to go
Ready for an event or occasion that has since been canceled.
Перевод: при параде, а некуда идти.
Пример: Jimmy canceled our date tonight, so I'm all dressed up and nowhere to go.
Сравни также: His pilot was all dressed up with nowhere to go because Chase never showed up at the airport.
To be dressed up like a dog's dinner
Wearing very formal or decorative clothes in a way that attracts attention.
Перевод: расфуфыриться.
Пример: The dress code was smart/casual, but Linda came wearing a full-length ball gown! She was dressed like a dog's dinner!
Mutton dressed as lamb
An older woman who wears clothes that would be more suitable for a young woman.
Перевод: молодящаяся женщина/старуха.
Пример: I happen to find it distasteful when mutton is dressed as lamb.
To be dressed (up) to the nines
To be wearing fashionable or formal clothes for a special occasion.
Перевод: разодетый в пух и прах.
Пример: Jackie went out dressed to the nines.
To be dressed to the teeth
Extremely well and fancily dressed or decorated; doll up.
Перевод: сногсшибательно одетый.
Пример: She's dressed to the teeth in magenta silks.
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