Idioms based on clothing

clothing idioms

 

wear your heart on your sleeve

very open and honest

 

fill your boots

take the most you can from a situation

 

suited and booted

dressed very smartly

 

something up your sleeve

to be hiding something, be secretive

 

walk in my shoes

see things from my perspective

 

knickers in a twist

get worked up or anxious, in a mess or muddle

 

a dressing down

to be reprimanded

given the boot

sacked from a job, split from

a relationship

hang on your coat-tails

ascend in the ranks,usually in a career, by sticking close to someone whose career is in the ascension

 

knock your socks off

amaze, astound, astonish

 

smarty pants

clever, a bit sure of onesself

 

bossy boots

has to be in charge, instruct people what to do, take charge of issues

 

get shirty

annoyed, become defensive,

 

off the cuff

a quick remark, without deep thought

 

 

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