black tie Idiom, Proverb

a necktie party

a hanging, a lynching If the men catch the outlaw, they want to have a necktie party.

bevy of beauties

a group of beautiful women, a few lovelies Mr. Gable returned to Hollywood and his bevy of beauties.

dirties

(See dirty laundry)

dirty thirties

"1930s, when drought caused hardship on the prairie; dirty thirties" During the dirty thirties, soil drifted into the ditches and crops wouldn't grow.

fit to be tied

very angry, mad, see red He was fit to be tied when you said the accident was his fault.

hands are tied

be unable to act because others are in control, out of our hands I'm in favor of public health care but my hands are tied. I have to wait for a government decision.

hungry thirties

(See dirty thirties)

Katie bar the door

get ready for trouble, a desperate situation is at hand The gang arrived at the bar and were ready to come in and fight. Well, Katie bar the door.

lose patience

not be patient any longer, out of patience Mom is losing patience with us because we don't obey her.

Mounties

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) The Mounties, Canada's police force, were once called Redcoats.

black tie

1. adjective Of, pertaining to, or acute academic atramentous dress for men, about consisting of a cape or banquet anorak with a tie. Often hyphenated. I'm accepting a black-tie affair for my 30th birthday, so don't appearance up in jeans and a T-shirt! The bright will be carefully atramentous tie: no guests will be accepted after able attire.2. noun Academic atramentous dress cipher for men, about consisting of a atramentous cape or banquet anorak with analogous trousers and bow tie. The gentlemen, all of them in atramentous tie, airish for the publicity photograph.Learn more: black, tie

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