clothes-fashios idioms
clothes-fashios idioms
clothes-fashios idioms
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For example:<br />
After the disappointment of not getting into her<br />
preferred university, the teachers treated her with kid<br />
gloves.<br />
At the drop of a hat.<br />
For example:<br />
To make a decision or do something very quickly<br />
without thinking about it.<br />
"If he asked me out I would go at the drop of a hat."<br />
Old hat<br />
For example:<br />
Not new or different.<br />
"I've been doing this job for so long it's all old hat<br />
now."<br />
Take one's hat off to someone.<br />
For example:<br />
To admire or respect someone.<br />
"He always works so hard on his English, you have<br />
to take your hat off too him."<br />
Keep something under your hat.<br />
For example:<br />
"You can trust me, I'll keep anything you tell me<br />
under my hat."<br />
To keep something you are told or know in strictest<br />
confidence.<br />
To talk / speak through your hat.<br />
For example:<br />
"He kept telling everyone what to do, but he was<br />
speaking through his hat, as he didn't have a clue<br />
and things just kept getting worse."<br />
To talk nonsense; especially on a subject that one<br />
professes to be knowledgeable about but in fact is<br />
ignorant of.