sleeve

Definition

  • noun: the part of a shirt, jacket, etc., that covers all or part of your arm
  • noun: a part of a garment covering an arm
  • synonyms: to laugh up one's sleeve, to hang on the sleeve of

Examples

  • Many politicians wear religion 'on their sleeves'. [=show their religious beliefs in a very open way]

  • The mayor's critics were 'laughing up their sleeves' when news of the scandal was first reported.

  • He 'wears his emotions/heart on his sleeve'. [=his emotions are easy to see]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I get exhausted just thinking about it. But I mean, there's no use giving up. You've just got to roll up your sleeves A man's got to do what a man's got to do. Please. I was thinking about a trip abroad. Right. We mostly do charter deals, (..)
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