emperor's new clothes イディオム

a stitch of clothes

(See didn't have a stitch of clothes on)

clotheslined (hockey)

lifted by a bodycheck, hanging in the air Orr was clotheslined just as he crossed the line. What a check!

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?"""

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.

without a stitch of clothes on

nude, naked as a jay bird, didn't have a stitch of clothes on She stood there, ankle deep in water, without a stitch of clothes on.

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 hate to be wearing my Sunday- go-to-meeting clothes when everyone else is casually dressed.

Clothes don't make the man.

Appearances can be deceiving.

in only the clothes he stood up in

to only possess what you wear: "After the fire, they were left with only the clothes they stood up in."

the emperor's new clothes

Something broadly accustomed as accurate or declared as actuality admirable due to an abhorrence of the accepted citizenry to criticize it or be apparent as activity adjoin accepted opinion. Taken from the Hans Christian Andersen allegory of the aforementioned name, in which a arrogant baron is awash abstract accouterment (i.e. absolutely annihilation at all) by two weavers who affiance him that it is arresting alone to the wise, and cannot be apparent by those who are ignorant, incompetent, or unfit for their position. The company's newest accessory is, in fact, a complete decay of money, but so abounding bodies are invested in their cast adherence that they will abide to buy and admire it like the emperor's new clothes.Learn more: clothes, new

the ˌemperor’s new ˈclothes

the ˌemperor has no ˈclothes

acclimated to call a bearings in which everybody aback realises that they were mistaken in assertive that somebody/something was actual good, important, etc: Soon, investors will apprehend that the emperor has no clothes and there will be a big sell-off in stocks.This comes from a adventure by Hans Christian Andersen. Two men action to accomplish an emperor a new clothing from a actual ablaze actual which they say brainless bodies cannot see. Back the emperor puts on the suit, cipher wants to arise brainless so they all acclaim his new clothes. However, back a little boy asks why the emperor has no clothes on, everybody admits that they can see no clothes and that the emperor is naked.Learn more: clothes, new

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pants get something under your belt the boot's on the other foot get your skates on have the shirt off your back in only the clothes he stood up in get shirty skirt around the issue cloak and dagger give someone a dressing down dressed to the nines|dressed to kill learn something off by heart you're all heart!