Question of the Day #567

"Ending the summer in style! Ivanka Trump gets dressed to the nines to pose for a sweet family photo with her three children - before celebrating the start of the school year with cupcakes"

From the headline of this article at The Daily Mail.

上記の文で、dressed to the ninesの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "dressed to the nines" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

《be ～》申し分なくスマートに着こなしている、着飾っている、盛装している、めかしこんでいる、おめかししている

Answer

According to The Cambridge Dictionary:

to be wearing fashionable or formal clothes for a special occasion

Examples

• Jackie went out dressed to the nines.
• She goes out dressed up to the nines and comes home after midnight. The Sun (2016)
• Most of the photographs of her at her lowest weight show her dressed up to the nines for the runway. Times, Sunday Times (2017)
• Even a simple photo of themselves — pretty, proud, plump and dressed up to the nines — is enough to excite a strange moral response. Times, Sunday Times (2012)
• We could tell the black tie event was the most important of the social season. Everyone was dressed to the nines.

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