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词汇 coat
释义
coat
1. noun
on the coatostracised. Tugging on the lapel of the coat was used as a signal to be silent by criminals AUSTRALIA, 1940
2. verb
1
to belittle someone, to defeat someone with words. From the sense 'to reprimand someone' UK, 1997.
2
to reprimand someone, especially of a warder reprimanding a prisoner UK, 1996.
3
to ostracise someone AUSTRALIA, 1973.
4
in tournament pool, to obscure the view of the tournament judge when making a shot, thus jeopardising the point US, 1972
idiomcoatcut your coat according to your cloth —see cut your clothbe all fur coat and no knickers BrEBrEused in order to say that someone never does what they promise to do, or that they make you believe something that is not completely true:The Lottery fund has been accused of being all fur coat and no knickers because although it pays out plenty of money to set up projects it refuses to pay their running costs.Don't believe a word she says - that girl's all fur coat and no knickers. —see also sb is all talk (and no action)
See:
  • (as) black as the minister's coat
  • (as) close as two coats of paint
  • all fur coat and no knickers
  • another coat of paint
  • be all fur coat and no knickers
  • blue boys
  • blue coats
  • candy-coat
  • close as two coats of paint
  • coat (someone or something) with (something)
  • coat and tie
  • coat with
  • cut (one's) coat according to (one's) cloth
  • cut coat according to cloth
  • cut your coat according to your cloth
  • men in white coats
  • on (one's) coattails
  • on somebody's coat-tails
  • on someone's coat-tails
  • on the coattails of (someone)
  • on the coat-tails of someone/something
  • ride (on) the coattails of (someone)
  • ride on (one's) coattails
  • ride on someone's/something's coat-tails
  • sugar the pill
  • sugarcoat (something)
  • sugar-coat the pill
  • the little gentleman in the velvet coat
  • the men in white coats
  • trail (one's) coat
  • trail your coat
  • turn (one's) coat
  • white coat hypertension
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