dressed up to the nines
【字面理解】穿到九
【英文解析】Dressed flamboyantly or smartly
【中文解析】盛装打扮
【典型例句】① Clothes make the man, dressed to the nines. 人要衣装,盛装赴会。
② All you will see is a girl you once knew, although she,s dressed up to the nines, at sixes and sevens with you. “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” 你所看到的,只是一个你曾经认识的女孩,虽然她打 扮得无可挑剔,却与你格格不入。——“阿根廷,别为我哭泣”
【注释】关于该习语的由来众说纷纭,其中一说源自莎翁 时代。当时的票价跟现在一样因离舞合远近不同而有价差,那时最远的要价一分钱,最接近舞台的则卖 九分钱。而这些九分钱的坐席只有穿着入时的贵族 才负担得起。