Idiom
all dressed up and nowhere to go
Meaning
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I am all dressed up and nowhere to go tonight.”
“The party was canceled at the last minute, leaving us all dressed up and nowhere to go.”
“After spending hours preparing for the gala, she found herself all dressed up and nowhere to go when the event was suddenly postponed.”
Examples
simple
“I am all dressed up and nowhere to go tonight.”
contextual
“The party was canceled at the last minute, leaving us all dressed up and nowhere to go.”
complex
“After spending hours preparing for the gala, she found herself all dressed up and nowhere to go when the event was suddenly postponed.”
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