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English
Pronunciation
Adjective
dressed to kill (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) Dressed in a very fashionable style.
2000, Tré Cool (lyrics and music), “Fashion Victim”, in Warning, performed by Green day:She's a scented magazine/Looking sharp and living clean/Living well and dressed to kill/But she looks like hell to me
2002, Charles Hebbert, Dan Richardson, The Rough Guide to Budapest, 2nd edition, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 73:During the 1980s, its vivid streetlife became a symbol of the “consumer socialism” that distinguished Hungary from other Eastern Bloc states, but Budapesters today are rather less enamoured of Váci: dressed-to-kill babes and their sugar daddies would rather pose in malls, and teenagers can find McDonald's anywhere, leaving Váci utterly dependent on tourists for its livelihood and bustle.
Usage notes
Usually used postpositively.
Translations
dressed in a very fashionable style