HaveyoueverconsideredalltheEnglishexpressionsthatincludewordsaboutclothes?Let'shavealook.Peoplewearpants（短裤）tocoverthelowerpartoftheirbodies.Wesometimessaythatpeoplewhoarenervoushaveants（蚂蚁）in

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Have you ever considered all the English expressions that include words about clothes? Let's have a look.

People wear pants（短裤）to cover the lower part of their bodies. We sometimes say that people who are nervous have ants（蚂蚁）in their pants. Sometimes people may get caught with their pants down. They arc found doing something they should not be doing. And in every family one person takes control. Sometimes a wife tells her husband what to do. Then we say she wears the pants in the family.

Pants usually have pockets to hold things. Money that is likely to be spent quickly can bum a hole in your pocket Sometimes you need a belt to hold up your pants. If you have less money than usual you may have to tighten your belt.

I always praise people who can save their money and not spend too much. I really take my hat off to them. Yet when it comes to my own money I spend it at the drop of a hat which means I instantly spend it.

Boots are a heavy or strong kind of shoes. People who are too big for their boots think they are more important than they really arc. I dislike such people. My father is an important person. He runs a big company. He wears a suit and tie and a shirt with sleeves（衣袖）that cover his arms. Some people who do not know him well think he is too serious and never shows his feelings openly. But I know that my father wears his heart on his sleeve.

28. Which of the following expressions can show someone is nervous?

A. Get caught with one's pants down.         B. Have ants in one's pants.

C. Wear the pants in the family.              D. Bum a hole in one's pocket.

29. If we say someone has to tighten his belt we probably mean he         .

A. has done something wrong                 B. used to live a rich life

C. has put on the wrong pants                 D. is short of money

30. Someone who spends his money at the drop of a hat most probably      .

A. doesn't save money       B. cams much money

C. never wastes his money    D. spends more than he earns

31. We can use the expression "wear one's heart on one's sleeve" to describe someone who     .

A. gets angry easily          B. looks very serious

C. shows his feelings openly   D. often wears a suit and tie

Answer 1

BDAC