| 单词 | grey suit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrey suit grey suit n. colloquial an executive, managerial, or business figure whose conventional formal dress is regarded as suggestive of a conservative, bureaucratic, or conformist attitude, a lack of individuality, or (esp. in political contexts) the anonymous exercise of power; usually in plural; cf. grey flannel suit n., men in suits n. at man n.1 Phrases 3c. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] man of business1640 homme d'affaires1717 businessman1803 businessperson1834 operator1838 towkay1854 grey suit1969 pinstripe1970 suit1977 pin-striper1979 1969 Boston Globe 17 Feb. 16/5 Since women spend 80 percent of our food money, I wish they might rise and attack the gray-suits with ideas about better packaging. 1981 Washington Post 20 Jan. b4/5 Gray suits crowded around former Texas Gov. John Connally and Henry Kissinger. 1997 Sun 21 Aug. 51/5 Surely the grey suits who plan the programme running-order can see the sense in scheduling the football before the second-rate film. 2011 Independent 27 June (Viewspaper section) 24/1 Rarely have I seen so many grey suits looking pale and wiping tears. < as lemmas |
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