July 2024
ENGLISH IDIOM OF THE MONTH:
„Fine feathers make fine birds“
MEANING
Beautiful or expensive clothes may make the wearer seem more impressive than he/ she really is.
TRANSLATION
Kleider machen Leute.
wörtlich: Schöne Federn machen schöne Vögel.
EXAMPLE
His colleagues were surprised that he was dressed to impress at the company Christmas party but his boss remarked ‘Fine feathers make fine birds’!
