one's Sunday best

one's Sunday best
праздничный, лучший костюм или платье; выходная одежда; см. тж. one's best bib and tucker

Some were dressed in their clean, tidy Sunday best, but the majority were pitiably ragged and only a few had shoes. (G. Gordon, ‘Let the Day Perish’, part I, ch. II) — Некоторые ребятишки бегали в чистеньких праздничных костюмчиках, но большинство были босые и в лохмотьях.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • Sunday best — or[Sunday go to meeting clothes] See: BEST BIB AND TUCKER …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Sunday best — or[Sunday go to meeting clothes] See: BEST BIB AND TUCKER …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Sunday best — n. Informal one s best clothes * * * …   Universalium

  • Sunday best — n. Informal one s best clothes …   English World dictionary

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  • Sunday best — n. one’s best clothing, which one would wear to church. □ We are in our Sunday best, ready to go. □ I got mud on my Sunday best …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Sunday best — noun A persons finest clothing, especially the clothes one reserves to wear to church on Sunday. It took all the power and skill of that energetic woman to get her son into his Sunday best …   Wiktionary

  • Sunday best — /sʌndeɪ ˈbɛst/ (say sunday best) noun one s best clothes …  

  • Sunday best — one s finest clothing, one s best clothes …   English contemporary dictionary

  • best — I adj. 1) best to + inf. (it is best not to speak of it in public) 2) best that + clause; subj. (it is best that she say/should say nothing to the press) II n. 1) to do, give; try one s (level) best 2) to make the best (of smt.) 3) to get the… …   Combinatory dictionary


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