Difference between "slacks", "pants", and "trousers"?
"Slacks" generally means something slightly more formal than denim and "Pants" usually means something like denim jeans but can also be used as a synonym for both "Slacks" and …
nouns - Why is the word "pants" plural? - English Language
@GaretClaborn This answer was posted in 2010, but it was also posted earlier than the top scored answer, which contains the following quote "The pieces were put on each leg …
idioms - Etymology of "cut someone some slack" - English …
2015年2月1日 · Cut me some slack is probably not a metaphor of rope, but more likely of cooperage. Coopers, maintained a stock of two qualities of staves to build their barrels: high …
Usage and etymology of "a pair of ..."
2022年11月21日 · These are all examples of the category Dual.Humans are organized in binary symmetry, which means that our parts often come in pairs - two eyes, two ears, two hands, …
nouns - A word for clothes, shoes, accessories? - English Language ...
I'm looking for a word that applies to all the things a person can wear, e.g. clothes, shoes, accessories, etc. It musn't be too generic, e.g. product, item, etc.
"Your and my [something]" vs "Yours and my..."
@Peter Shor: I think you're almost certainly correct that US usage avoids Yours and my in this construction. As Rimmer says, standard Google, and NGram, may mislead on this one, but …
meaning - What is the difference between trash, garbage, litter ...
2015年9月6日 · To me, pants is a more generic term, trousers suggests something a workman would wear, and slacks is what a professional wears in the office. But my New York mother-in …
syntactic analysis - 'Instead of' vs 'In stead of' - English Language ...
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Etymology of "Cowboy" as a bad workman / builder?
2017年7月3日 · 1952 P. H. BONNER SPQR (1953) xx. 174 Two very chic girls..were sitting on bar stools..with a typical Via Veneto cow~boy in sports jacket and flannel slacks. 1954 in P. G. …
"like I" or "like me"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Imagine you’re describing a picture to someone; “My old coach used to always wear these really horrible green slacks for practice… that’s him there on the left”. Could you possibly bring …