English Idioms for BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE!

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- You know my favorite expression about beauty is this.
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- Beauty fades, dumb is forever.
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- I love it so much.
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Today's idioms and expressions however,
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will celebrate just how (bleep) beautiful you are.
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First, some very British things
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to say to someone if they look just (imitates kissing).
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Gorgeous.
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Okay, Americans say this too.
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But they don't say it cool like we do.
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Gorgeous.
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Pronunciation, say with me, gorgeous.
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Good.
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You are gorgeous.
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This one however, fit.
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This one is very British.
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Americans don't use this one.
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You're fit.
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Mate, she is well fit.
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She or he is bangin'.
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Usually we don't pronounce the G, banging.
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No, then it sounds like the verb.
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It's like the slang verb of saying to have sex, to bang.
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Yeah, so (laughing) if you say she's banging,
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people might be confused which banging you mean.
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So, with pronunciation, drop the G, bangin'.
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She's bangin'.
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Mate, did you see Captain America's ass?
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Bangin'.
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Again, all of these adjectives, yes they mean good looking,
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but they have this sexy quality to it.
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So like don't say it to a family member,
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that would be awkward.
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When you say this expression, something is on point,
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this doesn't mean sexy, it just means something
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is wow (hands clapping) pfft, that's perfect.
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(upbeat music)
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Like this, if you want to complement someone
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on a physical thing,
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wow, your hair is on point today.
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No one's ever said that to me though.
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It's just rude.
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But basically, basically, to be on point means,
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this thing, it's exactly right, it's exactly perfect.
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So yes, it could be something physical,
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but remember it means this, it's exactly right.
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So it could be,
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if you want to say your argument is perfect.
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Yes, I agree totally.
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You are on point.
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When someone is eye candy, this means literally
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they are candy for your eyes.
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So when you look at them, you have that same pleasure
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just from looking at them.
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You look at their big dumb head,
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because the big dumb face is just so pretty.
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For example, Maria hired Brad for a job.
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Brad is rubbish at the job,
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but why did she hire him?
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Because he's good eye candy.
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She wants something nice to look at in the working day.
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Sure, he's dumb, he can't do the job properly,
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and he always loses us money,
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but he's good eye candy, so he stays.
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(coughing)
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Just so you know, all of these expressions for today,
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are genderless, you can use them for everyone.
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So go nuts, have fun.
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Now similar to eye candy, when you are dating someone,
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because they are so attractive, they make you look good.
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This is what we call arm candy.
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So it has a positive effect on you,
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because they are on (tongue clicking) your arm.
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For example, if you have an event,
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you might want to invite someone very attractive
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because they are good arm candy.
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They make you look good because they look good.
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Next we have a head turner,
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or as a verb to turn heads.
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That's this situation.
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This one is very literal.
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You're walking down the streets,
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and you are so attractive.
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You, you are so attractive, when you walk down the street,
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and someone passes you, they literally turn their heads.
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Like, what, she is a head turner.
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In this case it's a noun.
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A head turner, one head turner, right?
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Or as a verb, she turns heads.
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Wow, she really turns heads.
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She's so hot.
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Now this one is not very, very common,
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but you will definitely hear it.
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Especially like for example, for example,
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in the Oscars, people might say,
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wow her dress is so fantastic,
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she's really going to turn heads tonight.
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In other words, every one who walks by her,
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will be like what, literally.
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(inhaling) Mm, but of course, if you turn your head
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to look at someone, maybe it's for a good reason,
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maybe it's for a bad reason.
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So it's not always good.
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For example, if you went on a date with your cousin,
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people might say, "You're dating your cousin?"
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I mean, that's gonna turn some heads.
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You know when you're at a bar,
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a club, a cafe, library, wherever,
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and you see someone across the room
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and you think oh my God you're so fit.
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But then she's looking back at you,
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right into your eyes into your soul intensely,
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passionately, and both of you know this has to be love
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because she's looking deep into my soul.
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I mean, I imagine that's what it's like.
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But anyway, when you're looking at each other,
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and it's like that situation,
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we call that to make eyes at someone.
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In this case, both of them it's mutual,
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they're looking at each other.
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So they are, let's make a sentence.
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They're making eyes at each other.
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Maybe they should go and talk to each other.
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We also say,
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to give someone the eye.
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For example, that guy, that guy's giving you the eye.
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You should go talk to him.
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Our next adjective, flawless.
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This is a great word to use and a Beyonce song.
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So two reasons to use it.
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Okay, for example, if I draw something,
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and there's a mistake right there.
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Ah, it's a mistake.
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It's not perfect.
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Something which makes this not perfect, is called a flaw.
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That's a noun, a flaw.
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Pronunciation, flaw.
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You can use for a project that you're working on.
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Hmm, does this project have any flaws?
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What makes this thing not perfect?
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But, if I remove that imperfection,
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pfft there, bam, now it's perfect.
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No imperfections, no flaws.
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It is flawless.
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So if you say someone looks flawless,
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or they are flawless, wow you are flawless.
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You're saying they're perfect.
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Everything about them is perfect,
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nothing wrong, no imperfections.
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Just like you, just like your face.
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Now these next two expressions
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describe when you make an effort to look good.
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(upbeat music)
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When someone puts a lot of effort into their appearance,
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they do their make-up, their hair, clothes, whatever.
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(upbeat music)
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We say that that person is done up.
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Now this is a really useful phrasal verb,
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to do something up, or to do up something.
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it means to renovate, to make something look better.
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To improve the appearance of something.
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In this case, she did herself up,
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and she might just say, wow look at you all done up.
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Gorgeous.
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See again, British sounds better than American.
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Another example might be, you are going to a party,
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you need time to make an effort on your appearance.
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So you might say, are you ready, we have to leave?
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No, no, no, no, no, give me mm 20 minutes,
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I need to do myself up.
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You're making an effort with your appearance.
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Could be your hair, make-up, face, butt, everything.
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How would you do up a butt?
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Maybe you can't do up a butt.
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So when you say that someone looks done up,
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you are acknowledging that they made an effort
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on their appearance.
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And the last two expressions, they kind of go together.
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If you want to complement people
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on how well they're dressed,
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maybe they look fancy like here.
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They're wearing a really nice suit,
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or a really nice dress.
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You can say these things.
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To be decked out.
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Wow, look at you two all decked out.
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You're wearing fancy clothes.
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So this applies to fancy, nice clothes in general.
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So you need that verb be, to be decked out.
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To be suited and booted.
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Pronunciation very important here.
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Not sweeted, no, soo, suited.
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Suited and booted, see it rhymes.
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Suited and booted.
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Which one is suited and booted?
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It's this guy, why?
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Because literally he's wearing a suit.
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Maybe boots as well, but that's not important.
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If someone is wearing a suit and they look nice,
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they are suited and booted.
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When was the last time that you were suited and booted?
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For me I can't remember the last time
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I was suited and booted.
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Yes, I can.
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It was at a Christmas party.
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I looked good.
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I should wear suits more often.
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Do you think I should wear suits
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for these classes, yes or no?
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Who do you know that looks amazing?
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Who looks fit?
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Who looks amazing when they're decked out,
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when they're done up, when they're suited and booted?
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Let me know in the comments.
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Make your own examples and I'll try to correct you.
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