On It Like A Cheap Suit

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On it like a cheap suit. Suit would not have been my first choice as a filler for x suits even cheap ones not being notable for ease of folding he writes. Definitions by the largest idiom dictionary. Its long been a cliche of australian football to say that a player clumsily infringing another through close bodily contact was all over him like a cheap suit. Someone or some team for example that folds falls down stops performing under pressure a cheap suit which would be of light material and without a linin.

What does all over someone like a cheap suit expression mean. The linguist arnold zwicky in discussing the fold like a cheap x formula on his blog in 2009 questions the use of the word suit here then suggests a possible explanation for the usage. The easiest way to find out if theres a fabric reserve is to look at the pants. Its easy to grab a 1200 suit for 600 if youre savvy about when and how you shop.

Fold like a cheap suitcase phrase. Definition of fold like a cheap suitcase in the idioms dictionary. Beyond that here are a few tricks you can use once you buy the suit to make it look a little nicer. All over someone like a cheap suit idioms by the free dictionary.

English loves the use of the clever simile if which this is one. The meaning of which i took to be that while a cheap suit covers the body it does so in a clumsy inelegant manner. You can buy a cheap mens suit from second hand stores like goodwill volunteers of america and the salvation army. On a cheap suit the three and a half yards of fabric is probably the most expensive part of the entire suit and so manufacturers try to cut corners and minimize use of fabric wherever they can.

It links two ideas. Youd also hear fold like a cheap suit but since fabric folds easily whether its cashmere or polyester suitcase presents a better connotation of a losing proposition. Definition of all over someone like a cheap suit in the idioms dictionary.