This document discusses and provides examples of several idioms related to clothing and appearance: "dressed to kill" means to wear one's finest clothes; "to have someone in one's pocket" refers to having control over someone; "to hit below the belt" means to do something unfair or cowardly; "hot under the collar" describes being very angry; and "smarty pants" refers to an annoying person who always has an answer or seems to know everything.

1. Clothes idioms 2
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2. Dressed to kill
to wear one’s finest clothes
My manager was
dressed to kill
when I saw her at
the meeting.
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3. To have someone in one’s
pocket
to have control over someone
It’s obvious that she
has her husband in
her pocket.
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4. To hit below the belt
to do something in an unfair or cowardly way
I didn’t expect my friend to hit
me below the belt and make
fun of my hair after a
disagreement we had.

5. hot under the collar
to be very angry
Our boss is hot under
the collar today
because four staff
members arrived late.
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6. Smarty pants
A person who is annoying because he or she always
has an answer for something or seems to know
everything.
I don’t like this
boy. He’s a
smarty pants,
and he acts
like he knows
everything.