put on the ritz

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Etymology

Evokes the image of putting on extravagent clothing worthy of the luxurious Ritz Hotel in London, opened in 1906. Phrase in print by 1921.

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put on the ritz (third-person singular simple present puts on the ritz, present participle putting on the ritz, simple past and past participle put on the ritz)

  1. (idiomatic) to make a show of luxury and extravagance
    • 1921 May 26, Chicago Daily Tribune:
      The whole gang has put on the Ritz and are strutting about like a collection of pouter pigeons.
    • 1929, Irving Berlin (lyrics and music), “Puttin' on the Ritz”:
      If you're blue and you don't know
      Where to go to
      Why don't you go
      where Harlem sits
      Puttin' on the Ritz.
      Spangled gowns
      Upon a bevy
      Of high browns
      From down the Levee, all misfits
      Puttin' on the Ritz.
    • 1989, Marylyn Springer, Arthur Frommer, Frommer's Guide to Florida, 1990 - Page 465:
      "One of the most beautiful hotels to open in Florida in recent years, the Ritz-Carlton puts on the ritz but in subtle style, illustrating elegance without shouting about it."