dress to kill

dress to kill

To dress in extravagantly fancy or stylish clothes so as to thoroughly impress others. Mary always dresses to kill, so she turns heads wherever she goes. The chairman of the board will be there tonight, so be sure you dress to kill!
See also: dress, kill
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a ripple effect
  • appear to
  • a change of heart
  • a mystery to (one)
  • a plain Jane
  • (lone) voice in the wilderness
  • a voice in the wilderness
  • a turn of phrase
  • able to do
  • able to do it
References in periodicals archive
DRESS to kill and indulge your inner Bond girl for autumn/ winter '17.
Another one of his memorable quotes: "Don't dress to kill, dress to survive."
Best known for his cross-dressing act, Izzard's 2000 comedy special Dress to Kill won two Emmy awards.
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She said: "You mustn't dress to be ill, you've got to dress to kill. I feel good.
Women are not obliged to dress to kill every day, they should not have to abide by social standards our superficial society sets.
ANSWERS: 1 China; 2 Unsweetened; 3 Ruth Rendell; 4 Blubber; 5 The coulomb; 6 1957; 7 Rugby League; 8 Magna Carta; 9 Dress To Kill; 10 Gilbert and Sullivan.
So go get that hat, dress to kill and have a great time.
I happened to catch his Dress to Kill special on HBO a few years ago and became an instant fan.
His one-man show Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill took voters of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences by storm.
I refer to a pair of simultaneous successes this spring, a stroll apart in the West Village: Dress to Kill, the one-man show by the English comic Eddie Izzard, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the rock musical cowritten by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask, and performed by them, Miriam Shot, and Trask's fine band, Cheater.
But there's no reason why the duchess can't still dress to kill.
QUIZ OF THE DAY: 1 China; 2 Unsweetened; 3 Ruth Rendell; 4 Blubber; 5 The coulomb; 6 1957; 7 Rugby League; 8 Magna Carta; 9 Dress To Kill; 10 Gilbert and Sullivan.
HOT PROPERTY 007 Daniel in one of his danger scenes; Picture: EMPIRE MAGAZINE; DRESS TO KILL New Bond girl Olga Kurylenko; QUANTUM LEAP Action man Dan; BLOOD, SWEAT AND GEARS: Star emerges from car in Quantum of Solace
Americans who haven't caught his act would be well advised to check out Dress to Kill, his Emmy award-winning HBO stand-up show, available November 26 on DVD from Anti/Epitaph.