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all dressed up and nowhere to go

idiom

Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  2. 02

    arse end of nowhere

    A very remote place.

  3. 03

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  4. 04

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  5. 05

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  6. 06

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  7. 07

    dressed to kill

    Dressed in a very fashionable style.

  8. 08

    dressed to the nines

    Very fancily or formally dressed; wearing very showy or splendid clothing.

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