Idiom
sleeves from one's vest
Meaning
Something non-existent; something of no value or cost.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That promise is worth nothing, like sleeves from one's vest.”
“The salesman offered a guarantee that was essentially sleeves from one's vest.”
“The politician's grand proposal proved to be nothing more than sleeves from one's vest, offering no real substance to the struggling community.”
Examples
simple
“That promise is worth nothing, like sleeves from one's vest.”
contextual
“The salesman offered a guarantee that was essentially sleeves from one's vest.”
complex
“The politician's grand proposal proved to be nothing more than sleeves from one's vest, offering no real substance to the struggling community.”
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