in (your) shirtsleeves

in (your) shirtsleeves
in (your) shirtsleeves phrase
wearing a shirt but not a jacket

Paul was in his shirtsleeves unscrewing the back of the computer.

Thesaurus: dressed and wearing clothes of a particular typehyponym
Main entry: shirtsleeves

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in (your) ˈshirtsleeves idiom
wearing a shirt without a jacket, etc. on top of it

It was a hot day and most of the men were in shirtsleeves.

Main entry:shirtsleeveidiom

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