mutton
(mʌtən )
1. uncountable noun
Mutton is meat from an adult sheep that is eaten as food.
...a leg of mutton.
...mutton stew.
2. mutton dressed as lamb phrase
If you describe a woman as mutton dressed as lamb, you are criticizing her for trying to look younger than she really is, in a way that you consider unattractive. [British, informal, disapproval]
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Idioms:
mutton dressed as lamb [British]
a woman who dresses in a style which is considered suitable only for younger women
Above all else, I want to avoid being frumpy, or mutton dressed as lamb.
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Translations:
Chinese: 羊肉
Japanese: マトン
- outside interference
- outside intervention
- outside investment
- outside investor
- outside involvement
- outside observer
- outside pressure
- outsider
- outsider status
- outside scrutiny
- outside seating
- outside shareholders
- outside source
- outside temperature
- outsize
- outsized
- outskirts
- outsmart
- outsold
- outsource
- outsource production
- outsource work
- outsourcing
- outspoken
- outspoken advocate