all dressed up and nowhere to go
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.
“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.”
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all systems go
Everything is ready.
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arse end of nowhere
A very remote place.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
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dress down
To scold.
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dress to kill
To dress up so as to impress others (especially of the opposite sex).
Last updated August 10, 2026