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mutton dressed as lamb
mutton dressed (up) as lamb
(British informal) an offensive way of saying that a woman is dressed in a style that is more suitable for a much younger woman Do you think this skirt is too short? I don't want to look like mutton dressed as lamb.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Federico | | fe-dhe-REE-ko (Spanish), fe-de-REE-ko (Italian) | Spanish, Italian |
Goizane | | - | Basque |
Joaquima | | - | Catalan |
Aslan | | - | Turkish, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Ingush |
Kike | | KEE-ke | Spanish |
ŠImon | | - | Czech, Slovak |