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APAD: men in suits

7grizzly
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Meaning:                                                                       

    Businessmen/bureaucrats/soldiers and the like who follow convention and the

    company line. Also called just `suits'.                                    

                                                                               

Background:                                                                    

   The literal meaning, that is, males wearing suits has obviously been part of

   the language for as long as suits have. The phrase was first used with a    

   specific rather than general meaning to refer to US sports players - the    

   suits being the sporting gear. This usage is known since at least the 1930s -

   for example, this piece from The Ogden Standard-Examiner, April 1933:       

                                                                               

     "It is expected that around 80 participants will take the field Friday    

     afternoon. Ogden will probably lead the schools with close to 35 men in   

     suits while Davis and Weber, will run between 20 and 25 men apiece."      

                                                                               

   It isn't clear who first used the term `men in suits' to describe           

   conventional business people. John Lennon described the people who controlled

   The Beatles' financial interests as `men in suits'.                         

                                                                               

- www.phrases.org.uk [edited]                                                  

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It's a dissing term, although the literal meaning sounds neutral. The

neighborhood bookshop owner Kathleen Kelly in "You've Got Mail" shrugged off

with extra contempt Joe Fox, a multi-millionaire opening a big-box chain

bookstore nearby, as "nothing but a suit."

 

Garrison Keillor didn't seem to mind. "I'm a man in a suit now. I'm happy to be

a man in a suit" he blithely declared in a film about his show, A Prairie Home

Companion. But he's a humorist and should be understood backward.

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妖妖灵
2 楼
Men in suits make nobody become somebody~
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最西边的岛上
3 楼
nice post 7G! 2me,all r equal inTheEyes ofNature, suitOrNot
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最西边的岛上
4 楼
as we r all born naked and will die the same ;-))
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7grizzly
5 楼
A newly minted mafia gangster comes to mind.
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7grizzly
6 楼
We fight the same too on the mat. No street titles matter:)
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7grizzly
7 楼
in dark pinstripe, darker shades, two-tone leather shoes...
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7grizzly
8 楼
You could grapple with a pilot, a policeman, a doctor, a CEO
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7grizzly
9 楼
and a chef, all in one class and without knowing.
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最西边的岛上
10 楼
I do feel much less hierarchy since came to the West, 1 gets
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最西边的岛上
11 楼
respect 4 decency&ability, title/family alone doesn't cut it
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7grizzly
12 楼
Same here. It might have to do with Christianity.
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移花接木
13 楼
Shouldn't soldiers in uniforms? Suits, in plaincoth duty ?
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7grizzly
14 楼
A good point. My dict's do not list 'soldiers' under 'suit.'
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瓷善家
15 楼
It reminded me of the American TV series Suits, which I
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瓷善家
16 楼
watched 10 years ago. Through the show,
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瓷善家
17 楼
I first came across Meghan Markle, who is now married to
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瓷善家
18 楼
Prince Harry. Back then, she wasn't as well-known,
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瓷善家
19 楼
but her role as Rachel Zane showcased her ambition
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瓷善家
20 楼
and left a lasting impression on me with her acting.
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暖冬cool夏
21 楼
Anything related to “follow suit“?查了查,好像没有关联:)
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天边一片白云
22 楼
So this only used for men?
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