dressed to the nines

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From dressed + to the nines; first recorded in the 1800s.

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: anar de vint-i-un botó — very fancily or formally dressed
• Chinese Mandarin: 盛装打扮 — very fancily or formally dressed
• Dutch: op zijn paasbest — very fancily or formally dressed
• Finnish: viimeisen päälle — very fancily or formally dressed
• Finnish: pukeutuneena — very fancily or formally dressed
• French: sur son trente et un — very fancily or formally dressed
• French: tiré à quatre épingles — very fancily or formally dressed
• Hungarian: kicsípi magát — very fancily or formally dressed
• Icelandic: vel til fara — very fancily or formally dressed
• Irish: pioctha péacach — very fancily or formally dressed
• Italian: vestito di tutto punto — very fancily or formally dressed
• Polish: elegancko ubrany — very fancily or formally dressed
• Russian: разодетый в пух и прах (razodetyj v pux i prax) — very fancily or formally dressed
• Russian: расфуфыренный (rasfufyrennyj) — very fancily or formally dressed
• Russian: одетый с иголочки (odetyj s igoločki) — very fancily or formally dressed
• Scottish Gaelic: air èideadh gu spaideil — very fancily or formally dressed
• Spanish: de punta en blanco — very fancily or formally dressed
• Spanish: hecho un brazo de mar — very fancily or formally dressed
• Spanish: de tiros largos — very fancily or formally dressed
• Spanish: de oro y azul — very fancily or formally dressed
• Walloon: riletchî come on vea k' a deus meres — very fancily or formally dressed
• Walloon: so s' cwarante-set — very fancily or formally dressed