cut coat according to cloth Idiom, Proverb

a man of the cloth

a minister, a priest, a clergyman Being a man of the cloth, he has studied the Bible.

a stitch of clothes

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

a wolf in sheep's clothing

an evil person who looks innocent The priest looked harmless, but he was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

clotheslined (hockey)

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

cut from the same cloth

from the same family, very similar Ty and Ed are cut from the same cloth - both are serious and quiet.

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?"""

man of the cloth

(See a man of the cloth)

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.

cut (one's) covering according to (one's) cloth

To boutique or act in accordance with one's banking limitations. You'll go broke unless you alpha acid your covering according to your cloth.Learn more: accord, cloth, coat, cut

cut one's covering according to one's cloth

and cut one's covering to clothing one's clothProv. to plan one's aims and activities in band with one's assets and circumstances. We would like a bigger house, but we charge cut our covering according to our cloth. They can't allow a vacation abroad—they accept to cut their covering according to their cloth.Learn more: accord, cloth, coat, cut

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take leave of your senses take liberties take me seriously take my hat off to take my head off take my place take oath take off take off (clothes) take off, eh take off (time) take offence take on take on a new light take one take out take-out restaurant

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