Adjective. Disapproving. /ˈfrʌm.pi/
(of a person or their clothes) old-fashioned and not attractive.
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OVER-THE-TOP
UK informal (OTT) Too extreme and not suitable, or demanding too much attention or effort, especially in an uncontrolled way.
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'(...) and, of course, the tradition of BINDING the feet of female children to keep them small and DAINTY (...) survived in China until the beginning of the 20th century.
BINDING= WRAPPING
DAINTY = DELICATE
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Many of the super-high-heeled shoes that we see on catwalks today FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY.
belong to this group
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During the war many women had been working in factories or driving carts AND SO FORTH, and they needed to wear more functional, less decorative clothes to reflect their new lifestyle.
Idiomatic phrase that indicates that a list continues in a similar manner.
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From the hippy era ONWARDS people began to see clothes much more as a way of expressing who they were.
Adverb. /ˈɒn.wədz/ Beginning at a particular time and continuing after it:
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What are the worst fashions of recent times? - Oh!, I'm SPOILT FOR CHOICE HERE - I can think of so many!
Be unable to choose because there are so many possible good choices.
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It's generally reckoned that fashions make a COMEBACK roughly every 20 years - and they are usually at the most outdated about 12 or 15 years after they were originally 'in'.
noun /ˈkʌm.bæk/ An attempt to become famous, powerful, or important again after a period of being much less famous, etc.:
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He gave me a really DIRTY LOOK.
To look at someone in a disapproving way.
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He'd always LOOKED UP TO his uncle.
To admire and respect someone.
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He's always SOUNDING OFF about how he thinks the country should be run.
To express strong opinions in an angry way (especially without being asked for them).
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She's just a girl, and she's on fire (...) She's ON TOP OF THE WORLD.
