clothes

Related to clothes: American eagle, H&M

(one's) Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes

One's very best clothes, as one might wear to a Sunday church service. Instead of some big party, let's all get dressed up in our Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes and go for lunch at a fancy restaurant for my birthday! This is going to be a formal event, so please come dressed in your Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes. The only time we got dressed up in Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes and went to mass was for Christmas and Easter.

See also: clothes

climb into (something)

To get into something, especially clothes or one's bed. After such a long day at work, I was ready to climb into bed by about 8 o'clock. I hit my alarm, rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, and climbed into my work clothes.

clothe (someone/oneself) in (something)

To dress someone or oneself in something She clothes her newborn in the cutest outfits. I clothed myself in a beautiful gown for the gala.

clothes don't make the man

You cannot judge a man's character based on his clothing and appearance. A: "I can't believe John embezzled all that money. I always thought he seemed so professional." B: "Well you know what they say— the clothes don't make the man." I really need to get some better work clothes, but I just don't have the money right now. At least the clothes don't make the man!

See also: clothes, make, man

clothes make the man

You can judge a man's character based on his clothing and appearance. I'm not surprised John was fired for cause—he never dressed professionally, and the clothes make the man. You really need to get some better work clothes before starting this new job. The clothes make the man, you know

See also: clothes, make, man

clotheshorse

One who is very interest in their appearance, clothing, and fashion. Of course he wore an ascot to the barbeque—he's a real clotheshorse.

not have a stitch of clothes (one)

To be totally nude; to not have any clothing on whatsoever. My roommate didn't have a stitch of clothes on as I walked into the kitchen. I nearly dropped my mug of tea! The group of ten or so students didn't have a stitch of clothes between them as they streaked onto the field during the halftime performance.

See also: clothes, have, not, of, stitch

put (something) in mothballs

1. Literally, to put cloths into storage, as in a closet or attic, often packed with mothballs to keep moths from eating the material. I'm so glad that I can finally get my summer clothes out and put my winter clothes back in mothballs. I'm putting my maternity clothes in mothballs, because we might try to have another baby in a few years.

2. To store something, especially a vehicle of some kind, in reserve for future use. We put the plane in mothballs while we wait for a new shipment of parts. The famed warship has been put in mothballs after over 40 years of navy service.

3. To put something on hold; to defer, delay, or postpone something until a future. I did like your idea, Tom, but we have to put it in mothballs for now while we finish our other projects. The city council has put the refurbishment project in mothballs due to a budgetary conflict.

put (something) in order

1. To clean or tidy something. Help me put the house in order before mom and dad get back! I have to put my classroom in order before the students return to school next week.

2. To put something into the proper sequence. This order is sometimes specified with a modifier. I've spent all morning putting all these books in order, so don't go messing them up! Students, please line up in alphabetical order.

3. To arrange or resolve something so that it is in the most proper, efficient state possible. They brought in a consultant to help put the project in order. I'm trying to put my affairs in order before the illness gets too debilitating.

put (something) into order

1. To clean or tidy something. Help me put the house into order before mom and dad get back! I have to put my classroom into order before the students return to school next week.

2. To put something into the proper sequence. This order is sometimes specified with a modifier. I've spent all morning putting all these books into order, so don't go messing them up! Students, please line up in alphabetical order.

3. To arrange or resolve something so that it is in the most proper, efficient state possible. They brought in a consultant to help put the project into order. I'm trying to put my affairs into order before the illness gets too debilitating.

put (something) into words

To express a thought or idea through written or especially spoken words. I find that I can put my ideas into words much better when I write them down, rather than trying to explain them to someone out loud. He struggled to put his feelings for Jane into words.

put (something) on the block

To put something up for sale, especially at an auction. After years of collecting, she had to put all her records on the block to cover the cost of her husband's debt.

roast-meat clothes

obsolete One's very best clothes, as would be worn on a Sunday (for church) or a holiday. If you want to impress my family at dinner tonight, roast meat clothes are certainly recommended.

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sell my clothes, I'm going to heaven

An exclamation of exuberant joy, elation, or satisfaction. I've been living in rural Japan for the last eight months, and I finally managed to get my hands on my favorite cookies from America. Sell my clothes, I'm going to heaven! After putting up with my ancient PC for so long, getting my brand-new computer up and running was just—whew, sell my clothes, I'm going to heaven!

steal (someone's) clothes

To advance or appropriate someone else's ideas, policies, or agendas as one's own. Many believe the challenger is really trying to steal the incumbent's clothes and beat him at his own game.

swaddling clothes

1. The pieces of cloth that infants were once wrapped in, so as to limit their movement. The phrase is perhaps most commonly associated with the story of Jesus' birth: "And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes." Mama wrapped your babe in swaddling clothes and took him to the wet nurse so you could rest.

2. Strict limitations imposed upon the young and immature. Teenagers need swaddling clothes too, in the form of curfews and chores.

3. A period at the start of something. It can refer to a person's youth or to the early stages of an idea or project. In my mind, my son is still in his swaddling clothes—I can't believe he's about to start middle school. This idea is still in its swaddling clothes, so it might sound a little rough right now.

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the emperor's new clothes

Something widely accepted as true or professed as being praiseworthy due to an unwillingness of the general population to criticize it or be seen as going against popular opinion. Taken from the Hans Christian Andersen fable of the same name, in which a vain king is sold imaginary clothing (i.e. really nothing at all) by two weavers who promise him that it is visible only to the wise, and cannot be seen by those who are ignorant, incompetent, or unfit for their position. The company's newest device is, in fact, a complete waste of money, but so many people are invested in their brand loyalty that they will continue to buy and adore it like the emperor's new clothes.

with not a stitch of clothes (on)

Totally nude; not wearing any clothing whatsoever. As I walked into the kitchen, I saw my roommate by the counter with not a stitch of clothes on. I nearly dropped my mug of tea! The group of ten or so students streaked onto the field with not a stitch of clothes between them.

without a stitch of clothes (on)

Completely nude; having no articles of clothing on whatsoever. As I walked into the kitchen, I saw my roommate by the counter without a stitch of clothes on. I nearly dropped my mug of tea out of shock! The group of ten or so students streaked onto the field without a stitch of clothes between them.

Clothes make the man.

Prov. People will judge you according to the way you dress. Jim was always careful about how he dressed. He believed that clothes make the man.

See also: clothes, make, man

not have a stitch of clothes (on)

Fig. naked. He walked through the house and didn't have a stitch of clothes on.

See also: clothes, have, not, of, stitch

Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes

Rur. one's best clothes. (See also Sunday best.) John was all dressed up in his Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes. I hate to be wearing my Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes when everyone else is casually dressed.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

clothes make the man

People say clothes make the man to mean that dressing well helps people to be successful. The lawyer was wearing a stylish blue suit. Clothes make the man, Wade thought.

See also: clothes, make, man

steal someone's clothes

BRITISH, JOURNALISM

If a politician or political party steals another's clothes, they take their ideas or policies and pretend that these are their own. Instead, Labour has been allowed to steal the Conservatives' clothes by promising to involve the private-health sector. It would be stealing their political clothes — and few politicians can resist this opportunity.

steal someone's clothes

appropriate someone's ideas or policies. British informal

the ˌemperor’s new ˈclothes

the ˌemperor has no ˈclothes

used to describe a situation in which everybody suddenly realises that they were mistaken in believing that somebody/something was very good, important, etc: Soon, investors will realize that the emperor has no clothes and there will be a big sell-off in stocks.This comes from a story by Hans Christian Andersen. Two men offer to make an emperor a new suit from a very light material which they say stupid people cannot see. When the emperor puts on the suit, nobody wants to appear stupid so they all praise his new clothes. However, when a little boy asks why the emperor has no clothes on, everybody admits that they can see no clothes and that the emperor is naked.

clotheshorse

(ˈklozhors)

n. someone who is obsessed with clothing and looking good in it. Her brother is the real clotheshorse.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

clothes make the man

Outer appearances are very important. The thought appears in ancient Babylonian writings, and Erasmus’s collection of adages (1523) refers to the fact that the statement “Clothes are the man” appeared in Homer and numerous ancient Latin sources. In sixteenth-century England it was usually put as “apparel” rather than “clothes”; Shakespeare’s Polonius pontificates, “The apparel oft proclaims the man” (Hamlet, 1.3). It was a cliché by the nineteenth century.

See also: clothes, make, man

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes

Best finery. Churchgoers never wore their everyday clothing to worship service. Instead, they wore their Sunday best, their Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.

See also: clothes

Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price

See also:

(one's) Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
(one's) Sunday finest
(one's) Sunday best
your Sunday best
get into (one's) Sunday best
Sunday best
in (one's) Sunday best
in Sunday best
be in (one's) Sunday best

References in classic literature

'Spun clothes are so comfortable that one would imagine one had nothing on at all; but that is the beauty of it!'

Yellow Fairy Book

"How splendid his Majesty looks in his new clothes, and how well they fit!" everyone cried out.

Andersens Fairy Tales

When it was time for them to start home, and they were folding the clothes and putting them into the waggon, Minerva began to consider how Ulysses should wake up and see the handsome girl who was to conduct him to the city of the Phaeacians.

Odyssey

My papers and my clothes disappeared at the same time.

The New Magdalen

For she had run as quickly as she could through the pigeon-house and on to the hazel-tree, and had there taken off her beautiful clothes, and put them beneath the tree, that the bird might carry them away, and had lain down again amid the ashes in her little grey frock.

Fairy Tales

"Are those the clothes? For dear charity's sake give them to me.

The White Company

When he came to the room where he was to sleep he held the light over Robin and looked at him from top to toe; then he felt better pleased, for, instead, of a rough, dirty-bearded fellow, he beheld as fresh and clean a lad as one could find in a week of Sundays; so, slipping off his clothes, he also huddled into the bed, where Robin, grunting and grumbling in his sleep, made room for him.

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

As to clothes, when I reached Hampton I had practically nothing.

Up From Slavery

I know how you come away from London in your own clothes, and where you changed your clothes, and hid your clothes.

Our Mutual Friend

"I was so harrowed up in my mind last night that I didn't think about my clothes at all," said Anne.

Anne Of Green Gables

He redeemed the rest of his clothes. He sent his box to Harrington Street by Carter Patterson and on Monday morning went with Athelny to the shop.

Of Human Bondage

Dunster, in his night clothes, was sitting on the side of the bed.

The Vanished Messenger

The Innkeeper said, "Why do you howl so fearfully?' "I will tell you," said the Thief, "but first let me ask you to hold my clothes, or I shall tear them to pieces.

Fables

The lad's clothes lay across a chair beside the bed.

Son Of Tarzan

I could not feed her, nor clothe her, nor shoe her.

English Literature For Boys And Girls

词组	clothes
释义	clothes Related to clothes: American eagle, H&M (one's) Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes One's very best clothes, as one might wear to a Sunday church service. Instead of some big party, let's all get dressed up in our Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes and go for lunch at a fancy restaurant for my birthday! This is going to be a formal event, so please come dressed in your Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes. The only time we got dressed up in Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes and went to mass was for Christmas and Easter. See also: clothes climb into (something) To get into something, especially clothes or one's bed. After such a long day at work, I was ready to climb into bed by about 8 o'clock. I hit my alarm, rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, and climbed into my work clothes. See also: climb clothe (someone/oneself) in (something) To dress someone or oneself in something She clothes her newborn in the cutest outfits. I clothed myself in a beautiful gown for the gala. See also: clothe clothes don't make the man You cannot judge a man's character based on his clothing and appearance. A: "I can't believe John embezzled all that money. I always thought he seemed so professional." B: "Well you know what they say— the clothes don't make the man." I really need to get some better work clothes, but I just don't have the money right now. At least the clothes don't make the man! See also: clothes, make, man clothes make the man You can judge a man's character based on his clothing and appearance. I'm not surprised John was fired for cause—he never dressed professionally, and the clothes make the man. You really need to get some better work clothes before starting this new job. The clothes make the man, you know See also: clothes, make, man clotheshorse One who is very interest in their appearance, clothing, and fashion. Of course he wore an ascot to the barbeque—he's a real clotheshorse. not have a stitch of clothes (one) To be totally nude; to not have any clothing on whatsoever. My roommate didn't have a stitch of clothes on as I walked into the kitchen. I nearly dropped my mug of tea! The group of ten or so students didn't have a stitch of clothes between them as they streaked onto the field during the halftime performance. See also: clothes, have, not, of, stitch put (something) in mothballs 1. Literally, to put cloths into storage, as in a closet or attic, often packed with mothballs to keep moths from eating the material. I'm so glad that I can finally get my summer clothes out and put my winter clothes back in mothballs. I'm putting my maternity clothes in mothballs, because we might try to have another baby in a few years. 2. To store something, especially a vehicle of some kind, in reserve for future use. We put the plane in mothballs while we wait for a new shipment of parts. The famed warship has been put in mothballs after over 40 years of navy service. 3. To put something on hold; to defer, delay, or postpone something until a future. I did like your idea, Tom, but we have to put it in mothballs for now while we finish our other projects. The city council has put the refurbishment project in mothballs due to a budgetary conflict. See also: mothball, put put (something) in order 1. To clean or tidy something. Help me put the house in order before mom and dad get back! I have to put my classroom in order before the students return to school next week. 2. To put something into the proper sequence. This order is sometimes specified with a modifier. I've spent all morning putting all these books in order, so don't go messing them up! Students, please line up in alphabetical order. 3. To arrange or resolve something so that it is in the most proper, efficient state possible. They brought in a consultant to help put the project in order. I'm trying to put my affairs in order before the illness gets too debilitating. See also: order, put put (something) into order 1. To clean or tidy something. Help me put the house into order before mom and dad get back! I have to put my classroom into order before the students return to school next week. 2. To put something into the proper sequence. This order is sometimes specified with a modifier. I've spent all morning putting all these books into order, so don't go messing them up! Students, please line up in alphabetical order. 3. To arrange or resolve something so that it is in the most proper, efficient state possible. They brought in a consultant to help put the project into order. I'm trying to put my affairs into order before the illness gets too debilitating. See also: order, put put (something) into words To express a thought or idea through written or especially spoken words. I find that I can put my ideas into words much better when I write them down, rather than trying to explain them to someone out loud. He struggled to put his feelings for Jane into words. See also: put, word put (something) on the block To put something up for sale, especially at an auction. After years of collecting, she had to put all her records on the block to cover the cost of her husband's debt. See also: block, on, put roast-meat clothes obsolete One's very best clothes, as would be worn on a Sunday (for church) or a holiday. If you want to impress my family at dinner tonight, roast meat clothes are certainly recommended. See also: clothes sell my clothes, I'm going to heaven An exclamation of exuberant joy, elation, or satisfaction. I've been living in rural Japan for the last eight months, and I finally managed to get my hands on my favorite cookies from America. Sell my clothes, I'm going to heaven! After putting up with my ancient PC for so long, getting my brand-new computer up and running was just—whew, sell my clothes, I'm going to heaven! See also: going, heaven, sell steal (someone's) clothes To advance or appropriate someone else's ideas, policies, or agendas as one's own. Many believe the challenger is really trying to steal the incumbent's clothes and beat him at his own game. See also: clothes, steal swaddling clothes 1. The pieces of cloth that infants were once wrapped in, so as to limit their movement. The phrase is perhaps most commonly associated with the story of Jesus' birth: "And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes." Mama wrapped your babe in swaddling clothes and took him to the wet nurse so you could rest. 2. Strict limitations imposed upon the young and immature. Teenagers need swaddling clothes too, in the form of curfews and chores. 3. A period at the start of something. It can refer to a person's youth or to the early stages of an idea or project. In my mind, my son is still in his swaddling clothes—I can't believe he's about to start middle school. This idea is still in its swaddling clothes, so it might sound a little rough right now. See also: clothes the emperor's new clothes Something widely accepted as true or professed as being praiseworthy due to an unwillingness of the general population to criticize it or be seen as going against popular opinion. Taken from the Hans Christian Andersen fable of the same name, in which a vain king is sold imaginary clothing (i.e. really nothing at all) by two weavers who promise him that it is visible only to the wise, and cannot be seen by those who are ignorant, incompetent, or unfit for their position. The company's newest device is, in fact, a complete waste of money, but so many people are invested in their brand loyalty that they will continue to buy and adore it like the emperor's new clothes. See also: clothes, new with not a stitch of clothes (on) Totally nude; not wearing any clothing whatsoever. As I walked into the kitchen, I saw my roommate by the counter with not a stitch of clothes on. I nearly dropped my mug of tea! The group of ten or so students streaked onto the field with not a stitch of clothes between them. See also: clothes, not, of, stitch without a stitch of clothes (on) Completely nude; having no articles of clothing on whatsoever. As I walked into the kitchen, I saw my roommate by the counter without a stitch of clothes on. I nearly dropped my mug of tea out of shock! The group of ten or so students streaked onto the field without a stitch of clothes between them. See also: clothes, of, stitch, without Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Clothes make the man. Prov. People will judge you according to the way you dress. Jim was always careful about how he dressed. He believed that clothes make the man. See also: clothes, make, man not have a stitch of clothes (on) Fig. naked. He walked through the house and didn't have a stitch of clothes on. See also: clothes, have, not, of, stitch Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes Rur. one's best clothes. (See also Sunday best.) John was all dressed up in his Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes. I hate to be wearing my Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes when everyone else is casually dressed. See also: clothes McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. clothes make the man People say clothes make the man to mean that dressing well helps people to be successful. The lawyer was wearing a stylish blue suit. Clothes make the man, Wade thought. See also: clothes, make, man steal someone's clothes BRITISH, JOURNALISM If a politician or political party steals another's clothes, they take their ideas or policies and pretend that these are their own. Instead, Labour has been allowed to steal the Conservatives' clothes by promising to involve the private-health sector. It would be stealing their political clothes — and few politicians can resist this opportunity. See also: clothes, steal Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. steal someone's clothes appropriate someone's ideas or policies. British informal See also: clothes, steal Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary the ˌemperor’s new ˈclothes , the ˌemperor has no ˈclothes used to describe a situation in which everybody suddenly realises that they were mistaken in believing that somebody/something was very good, important, etc: Soon, investors will realize that the emperor has no clothes and there will be a big sell-off in stocks.This comes from a story by Hans Christian Andersen. Two men offer to make an emperor a new suit from a very light material which they say stupid people cannot see. When the emperor puts on the suit, nobody wants to appear stupid so they all praise his new clothes. However, when a little boy asks why the emperor has no clothes on, everybody admits that they can see no clothes and that the emperor is naked. See also: clothes, new Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary clotheshorse (ˈklozhors) n. someone who is obsessed with clothing and looking good in it. Her brother is the real clotheshorse. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions clothes make the man Outer appearances are very important. The thought appears in ancient Babylonian writings, and Erasmus’s collection of adages (1523) refers to the fact that the statement “Clothes are the man” appeared in Homer and numerous ancient Latin sources. In sixteenth-century England it was usually put as “apparel” rather than “clothes”; Shakespeare’s Polonius pontificates, “The apparel oft proclaims the man” (Hamlet, 1.3). It was a cliché by the nineteenth century. See also: clothes, make, man The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes Best finery. Churchgoers never wore their everyday clothing to worship service. Instead, they wore their Sunday best, their Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes. See also: clothes Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: (one's) Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes (one's) Sunday finest (one's) Sunday best your Sunday best get into (one's) Sunday best Sunday best in (one's) Sunday best in Sunday best be in (one's) Sunday best References in classic literature 'Spun clothes are so comfortable that one would imagine one had nothing on at all; but that is the beauty of it!' Yellow Fairy Book "How splendid his Majesty looks in his new clothes, and how well they fit!" everyone cried out. Andersens Fairy Tales When it was time for them to start home, and they were folding the clothes and putting them into the waggon, Minerva began to consider how Ulysses should wake up and see the handsome girl who was to conduct him to the city of the Phaeacians. Odyssey My papers and my clothes disappeared at the same time. The New Magdalen For she had run as quickly as she could through the pigeon-house and on to the hazel-tree, and had there taken off her beautiful clothes, and put them beneath the tree, that the bird might carry them away, and had lain down again amid the ashes in her little grey frock. Fairy Tales "Are those the clothes? For dear charity's sake give them to me. The White Company When he came to the room where he was to sleep he held the light over Robin and looked at him from top to toe; then he felt better pleased, for, instead, of a rough, dirty-bearded fellow, he beheld as fresh and clean a lad as one could find in a week of Sundays; so, slipping off his clothes, he also huddled into the bed, where Robin, grunting and grumbling in his sleep, made room for him. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood As to clothes, when I reached Hampton I had practically nothing. Up From Slavery I know how you come away from London in your own clothes, and where you changed your clothes, and hid your clothes. Our Mutual Friend "I was so harrowed up in my mind last night that I didn't think about my clothes at all," said Anne. Anne Of Green Gables He redeemed the rest of his clothes. He sent his box to Harrington Street by Carter Patterson and on Monday morning went with Athelny to the shop. Of Human Bondage Dunster, in his night clothes, was sitting on the side of the bed. The Vanished Messenger The Innkeeper said, "Why do you howl so fearfully?' "I will tell you," said the Thief, "but first let me ask you to hold my clothes, or I shall tear them to pieces. Fables The lad's clothes lay across a chair beside the bed. Son Of Tarzan I could not feed her, nor clothe her, nor shoe her. English Literature For Boys And Girls
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