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idiommen► be waiting for dead men's shoesthe men in (grey) suits BrEBrE1 used about the men who have power and influence in a political party, but do not have an official position in the government or in parliament:Mrs Thatcher was not forced out by men in grey suits; she decided to go when her Cabinet colleagues told her she could not win.If a party leader is not accountable to party members, he will be controlled by the men in grey suits.2 used when you disapprove of the people who have power in a business or organization, especially when you think that they all have the same ideas, and do not understand ordinary people:We felt that as a rock band we should take control of our affairs, instead of being acted upon by men in grey suits.The men in dark suits who are now in charge don't really like the idea of a government-funded health service.separate the men from the boys(also sort out the men from the boys)if a difficult situation separates the men from the boys, it shows clearly which people have the ability to do something and which do not:The eighth round of the tournament is traditionally the one that separates the men from the boys.We all have the same synthesizers and drum machines - it's how you use the stuff that sorts out the men from the boys.
See:- (one's) own man/woman/person
- a committee is a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours
- a drowning man will clutch at a straw
- a man of few words
- a man of his word
- a man/woman of the people
- a man/woman on a mission
- a man/woman with a mission
- a rich man's joke is always funny
- a wise man of Gotham
- all able-bodied people
- all things to all men
- all things to all men, to be
- all things to all people, be
- angry young man
- as many
- barrow man
- be (one's) own man/woman/person
- be all things to all men
- be all things to all men/people
- best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray
- boss man
- busiest men have the most leisure
- collar-and-tie men
- company man
- Dead men tell no tales
- dead men's shoes
- dirty old man
- evil triumphs when good men do nothing
- face man
- family man
- fools build houses and wise men live in them
- front man
- Fuller Brush man
- fuzz man
- G-man
- Good men are scarce
- good time man
- hatchet man
- Heaven protects children and drunken men
- heaven protects children, sailors, and drunken men
- high man on the totem pole
- hired man
- hit man
- iceman
- in layman's terms
- iron man
- it's ill waiting for dead men's shoes
- kept man
- leg man
- man of color
- man of God
- man of letters
- man of many parts
- man of means
- man of the cloth
- man/woman/gentleman/lady of leisure
- medallion man
- men (and women) in blue
- Men are blind in their own cause
- men in blue
- men in suits
- men in white coats
- Men make houses, women make homes
- men who have sex with men
- muscleman
- not all men
- point man
- real men don't eat quiche
- red man
- Renaissance man
- repo man
- self-made man
- separate the men from the boys
- separate the men from the boys, to
- sort out the men from the boys
- sort out/separate the men from the boys
- step into dead men's shoes
- stick man
- straight man
- straw man
- strong-arm man
- the best of men are but men at best
- the best-laid plans of mice and men
- the best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray
- the best-laid schemes of mice and men
- the busiest men have the most leisure
- the men in grey suits
- the men in suits
- the men in white coats
- There is a tide in the affairs of men
- twelve good men and true
- wait for dead men's shoes
- white man
- white-van man
- yes man
- Young men may die, but old men must die
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