Idioms related with fashion and clothes

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Idioms

Air your dirty laundry – private information that causes shame and embarrassment when it is made public.

Example: “My neighbor's are always airing their dirty laundry: they shout about their private problems and everyone can hear them”

All dressed up – to make (something) more attractive, impressive, or fancy.

Example: “Olivia gets all dressed up before she goes out”

As tough as an old boot – very tough, strong and resistant.

Example: “My grandmother is as tough as old boots; she survived two world wars”

At the drop of a hat – without waiting or planning, immediately, promptly.

Example: “John’s girlfriend dumped him at the drop of a hat when she found a new man”

Birthday suit – complete nakedness.

Example: “The child was swimming in the pool in his birthday suit”

Burn a hole in one’s pocket – to spend a lot of money quickly.

Example: “After he got paid, the money was burning a hole in Paul’s pocket, he spent it all last weekend”

Burst at the seams – to be too full or too crowded.

Example: “My handbag is bursting at the seams, I need to get a bigger one”

Catch (someone) with their pants down – to surprise someone in an embarrassing situation or doing something that they should not be doing.

Example: “They caught the thieves with their pants down: they were running across the garden with the TV”

Charm the pants off (someone) – to use very nice or charming behavior to persuade someone to do something.

Example: “That man could charm the pants off anyone, he’s so handsome and well-spoken”

Cloak-and-dagger – Involving secrecy and plotting.

Example: “It was all very cloak and dagger, nobody said anything about what was going to happen”

Come apart at the seams – to be in a bad situation and to begin to lose control, to become extremely upset.

Example: “After the divorce, Marie came apart at the seams”

Cut from the same cloth – to share a lot of similarities.

Example: “Jenny and her mother are cut from the same cloth: they are very strict”

Do (something) like it is going out of fashion/style – to use/buy/eat/spend a lot or too much of something.

Example: “Ian is eating fish and chips like they’re going out of fashion”

Dressed to kill – wearing your best or finest clothes.

Example: “I went to my interview, dressed to kill”

Eat one’s hat – to do something extraordinary or special if something that you do not think will happen actually happens.

Example: “If you run for 20 minutes without stopping, I’ll eat my hat”

Emperor’s new clothes – used when many people believe something that is not true, a situation in which people are afraid to criticize something because everyone else seems to think that it is good or important.

Example: “It was like the emperor’s new clothes when nobody would criticize the popular politician although he was doing a lot of bad things”

Fall apart at the seams – to separate at the seams (for material that is swen together), to fall apart.

Example: “My trousers are falling apart at the seams, I really need to buy a new pair”

Feather in one’s cap – something to be proud of, an honor.

Example: “When I got my promotion, it put a feather in my cap”

Fit like a glove – to fit perfectly.

Example: “James and me work perfectly together; he fits me like a glove”

Get the boot – to be fired from a job, to be told to leave a place.

Example: “Olivia was given the boot yesterday, so now she’s looking for a new job”

Give (someone) the shirt off one’s back – to be very generous to someone.

Example: “Gina is such a kind girl, she’d give you the shirt of her back”

Go out of fashion/style – to become unfashionable.

Example: “That type of managerial approach no longer works, it has gone out of fashion”

Hand in glove with (someone) – very close with someone.

Example: “My boss and I worked hand in glove to create a good advertising campaign”

Handle (someone) with kid gloves – to handle someone very gently and carefully because you do not want to upset him or her.

Example: “We all had to handle the celebrity with kid gloves, she was such a diva!”

A hand-me-down – a piece of clothing that is given to someone after another person does not need it.

Example: “My brother always had to wear hand-me-downs from our older cousin”

Have a bee in one’s bonnet – to have a fixed idea that stays in one’s mind.

Example: “I have a bee in my bonnet with our new housemate; she’s very dirty”

Idiom Sentences!

Let’s practice these idioms… make at least one sentence using your favorite idiom. We will correct them and this way, everyone will learn a bit of English today!

My favorite is “eat one’s hat”. It’s quite old-fashioned but fun to say. For example:

“If she manages to be on time for once, I’ll eat my hat”

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Definition and derivation of fashion (Oxford English Dictionary)

Noun

· 1a popular or the latest style of clothing, hair, decoration, or behavior: the latest Parisian fashions

· [mass noun] the production and marketing of new styles of clothing and cosmetics: [as modifier]: a fashion magazine

· 2a manner of doing something: the work is done in a rather casual fashion

Verb

[with object]

· make into a particular form: the bottles were fashioned from green glass

· (fashion something into) use materials to produce (something): the skins were fashioned into boots and shoes

Phrases

After a fashion

to a certain extent but not perfectly: he could read after a fashion

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