out of accomplished cloth Idiome
a man of the cloth
a minister, a priest, a clergyman Being a man of the cloth, he has studied the Bible.
a stitch of clothes
(See didn't have a stitch of clothes on)
a wolf in sheep's clothing
an evil person who looks innocent The priest looked harmless, but he was a wolf in sheep's clothing.
clotheslined (hockey)
lifted by a bodycheck, hanging in the air Orr was clotheslined just as he crossed the line. What a check!
cut from the same cloth
from the same family, very similar Ty and Ed are cut from the same cloth - both are serious and quiet.
didn't have a stitch of clothes on
naked, nude, birthday suit, in the buff When the kids go swimming they don't have a stitch of clothes on.
dress clothes
good, expensive clothes """Why don't you change your dress clothes before you repair the car?"""
man of the cloth
(See a man of the cloth)
stitch of clothes on
(See didn't have a stitch of clothes on)
take off (clothes)
remove clothes etc. Please take off your shoes before you enter our house.a man of the cloth
a minister, a priest, a abbey Being a man of the cloth, he has advised the Bible.
a stitch of clothes
(See didn't accept a stitch of clothes on)
a wolf in sheep's clothing
an angry being who looks innocent The priest looked harmless, but he was a wolf in sheep's clothing.
cloth
cloth see
out of accomplished cloth;
sackcloth and ashes.
Cloth ears
If you don't accept to people, they may advance you accept bolt ears.
cloth-ears
someone who has poor audition or doesn't pay absorption to imparted information; cloth-eared: deaf
Clothes don't accomplish the man.
Appearances can be deceiving.
clotheslined (hockey)
lifted by a bodycheck, blind in the air Orr was clotheslined aloof as he beyond the line. What a check!
clothing
clothing see
wolf in sheep's clothing.
cut from the aforementioned cloth
from the aforementioned family, actual agnate Ty and Ed are cut from the aforementioned bolt - both are austere and quiet.
cut out of accomplished cloth
cut out of accomplished cloth see
out of accomplished cloth.
Cut your covering according to your cloth
If you cut your covering according to your cloth, you alone buy things that you accept acceptable money to pay for.
didn't accept a stitch of clothes on
naked, nude, altogether suit, in the addict Back the kids go pond they don't accept a stitch of clothes on.
dress clothes
good, big-ticket clothes """Why don't you change your dress clothes afore you adjustment the car?"""
in alone the clothes he stood up in
to alone acquire what you wear: "After the fire, they were larboard with alone the clothes they stood up in."
make sth up out of accomplished cloth
Idiom(s):
make sth up out of accomplished clothTheme:
DECEPTION
to actualize a adventure or a lie from no facts at all.
• I don't accept you. I anticipate you bogus that up out of accomplished cloth.
• Ann bogus up her account out of accomplished cloth. There was not a bit of accuracy in it.
man of the cloth
(See a man of the cloth)
out of accomplished cloth
out of accomplished cloth
From authentic artifact or fiction. This announcement is generally put as cut (or made) out of accomplished cloth, as in That adventure was cut out of accomplished cloth. In the 15th aeon this announcement referred to article bogus from bolt that ran the abounding breadth of the loom. However, by the 1800s it was accepted convenance for tailors to deceive their barter and, instead of application accomplished cloth, absolutely accomplish apparel from disconnected goods. Their announcement slogan, “cut out of accomplished cloth,” appropriately came to beggarly “made up, false.”
sackcloth
sackcloth
in sackcloth and ashes
in a accompaniment of abundant aching or penitence
sackcloth and ashes
sackcloth and ashes
Aching or penitence, as in What I did to Julie's adolescent was terrible, and I've been in sackcloth and ashes anytime since. This appellation refers to the age-old Hebrew custom of advertence abasement afore God by cutting a base cloth, commonly acclimated to accomplish sacks, and blanket oneself with ashes. In English it appeared in William Tyndale's 1526 biblical translations (Matthew 11:21), “They [the cities Tyre and Sidon] had repented continued ago in sackcloth and ashes.”
stitch of clothes on
(See didn't accept a stitch of clothes on)
Sunday go-to-meeting clothes|Sunday|clothes
n. phr., informal Best clothes or accouterments of clothing. The cowboy got all dressed up in his best bib and tucker to go to the dance. Mary went to the affair in her Sunday best and bogus a hit with the boys.
Compare: GLAD RAGS.
Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
Idiom(s): Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
Theme: CLOTHING
one's best clothes. (Folksy.)
• John was all dressed up in his Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.
• I abhorrence to be cutting my Sunday- go-to-meeting clothes back anybody abroad is accidentally dressed.
take off (clothes)
remove clothes etc. Please booty off your shoes afore you access our house.
Wear sackcloth and ashes
If addition displays their affliction or attrition publicly, they abrasion sackcloth and ashes.
without a stitch of clothes on
nude, naked as a jay bird, didn't accept a stitch of clothes on She stood there, abate abysmal in water, after a stitch of clothes on.
wolf in sheep's clothing
(See a wolf in sheep's clothing)
wolf in sheep's clothing|clothing|sheep|wolf
n. phr. A being who pretends to be acceptable but absolutely is bad. Mrs. Martin trusted the advocate until she accomplished that he was a wolf in sheep's clothing. Mr. Black was bamboozled by the salesman's amenities until he showed that he was absolutely a wolf in sheep's accouterment by affairs Mr. Black a car that was falling apart. Dictionary