I first ran into that phrase when a friend of mine, born in New York
state and living in Indiana, quite plump and probably over 40 was
explaining why she no longer had any dresses (frocks) in white
eyelet, though she loved them!
On Mar 21, 2004, at 21:00, Jane Viking Swanson wrote:
[...] "mutton dressed as a lamb". I love that phrase. Something
Tamara wrote brought it back to mind.
Ought to have been a Polish phrase, being so expressive... But it's
Brit, through and through, alas <g>
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Formerly of Warsaw, Poland
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