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'dressing up' vs. 'dressing down' #1 (permalink) Sun Apr 30, 2006 19:51 pm   'dressing up' vs. 'dressing down'
 

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #174 "Dressing expressions", question 2

To French people, the American idea of ......... looks like a homeless person who just finished a once-a-year trip to the laundromat.

(a) dressing down
(b) dressing up
(c) dressing gown
(d) dressing room

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #174 "Dressing expressions", answer 2

To French people, the American idea of dressing down looks like a homeless person who just finished a once-a-year trip to the laundromat.

Correct answer: (a) dressing down
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To dress up/down #2 (permalink) Sun Apr 30, 2006 21:20 pm   To dress up/down
 

To dress up is to put on a costume: the children dressed up as policemen. It can also mean to wear formal clothes for a special occasion.

To dress down is to rub down (a horse). It also means to intentionally wear informal clothes. In colloquial speech, it means to beat or scold.
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'dressing up' vs. 'dressing down' #3 (permalink) Wed Dec 17, 2008 19:53 pm   'dressing up' vs. 'dressing down'
 

What's the meaning of 'laundromat' in this context?
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'dressing up' vs. 'dressing down' #4 (permalink) Wed Dec 17, 2008 21:20 pm   'dressing up' vs. 'dressing down'
 

It's a self-service laundry, a place where clothes are washed and dried. Another word for it is laundrette.
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