Crazy English Clothes Idioms

Up one's sleeve

Definition: hiding something

EXAMPLE: She is planning a surprise. I wonder what is up her sleeve...

EXAMPLE: Everyone thought that the game was lost, but the coach of the football team had something up his sleeve.

To keep it under your hat

Definition: to keep a secret

EXAMPLE: I will tell you where my sister is hiding if you promise to keep it under your hat.

EXAMPLE: It is important to keep this information under your hat until next month.

Dressed to kill

Definition: wearing clothing that makes you look great (usually your best clothing)

EXAMPLE: They looked like they weredressed to kill at the disco.

EXAMPLE: At her last interview, she looked as though she were dressed to kill.

To knock one's socks off

Definition: to excite or surprise someone

EXAMPLE: The latest government taxes knocks my socks off.

EXAMPLE: The end of the play knocked the audience's socks off.