English Clothes Idioms

 



We wear clothes every day and many people would not even think that there are idioms that are related to clothes

Therefore it is time to learn some so that we can apply them in everyday life

Let's see the list :

1. Air one’s dirty laundry – it means to talk about private life or issues with other people 

  • All colleagues know that she is going to divorce as she always airs her dirty laundry in an office.


2.  Birthday suit – to be naked

  • He woke up on the beach wearing a birthday suit.


3. Burn a hole in your pocket – it means that your finances are under the threat due to recent expenses

  • That purchase burnt a hole in his pocket.


4. Catch someone with one’s trousers down – it means to catch someone doing something that the person wanted to be secretly 

  • The teacher caught him with his trousers down when he was copying test answers.


5. Cut from the same cloth – to have a lot of things in common with someone or to be similar

  • Nowadays detective serials are cut from the same cloth.


6. Dressed to kill – to wear fashionable and trendy clothes that strike impression to the crowd 

  • Agnes was dressed to kill last night and everyone stared at her.


7. Fits like a glove – to be of a perfect size

  • That dress fits like a glove on her.


8. Give someone the shirt off your back – it means to be very kind and generous to someone

  • When I have some problems he always gives the shirt off his back and tries to help me.

9. Have a card up your sleeve – to have a plan that is kept secret until it is revealed

  • He has a card up his sleeve if they ever try to blackmail him because he knows about their illegal trading.

10. Have ants in one’s pants – to be extremely restless, impatient, or anxious about something or to be interested in pursuit of sexual activity

  •  The teenagers have ants in their pants to find new relations instead of focusing on education.

11. Wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve – to reveal your feelings to someone

  • Charles wore his heart on his sleeve and asked her for a date. 

12. Wolf in sheep’s clothing – to be double-faced

  •  No teacher believes that Gisela is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, she always smiles to their faces. 



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