off the peg



off the peg

  (British) also off the hook (American & Australian)
if you buy clothes off the peg, you buy them in a standard size from a shop rather than having them made specially for you If I buy trousers off the peg, they're always too short.
See have down to a fine art, off hands, be out of head
See also: off, peg

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Adedayo-Western African, Yoruba
Ashford['æʃfəd]
Rebekkare-BE-kah (German), RE-bek-kah (Finnish)German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish, Biblical Greek
Iacomus-Late Roman
Charmion-Ancient Greek
Takakotah-kah-koJapanese