drawer



drop one's drawers

to lower one's pant or underpants. The boys dropped their drawers and jumped in the creek.
See also: drawer, drop

somebody's bottom drawer

the things a young woman collects to use in her home after she is married I've given her some silver cutlery for her bottom drawer.
See also: bottom, drawer

from/out of the top drawer

from a very high social class Caroline liked to pretend that she came from the very top drawer of society.
See also: drawer, of, top

top drawer

Of the highest quality, importance, or rank, as in The musicians in this pick-up orchestra were top drawer. It probably alludes to the uppermost drawer in a bureau or chest, where the most valuable objects (such as jewelry) are usually kept. [c. 1900]
See also: drawer, top

droopy-drawers

n. someone—usually a child—whose pants are falling down. (Also a term of address.) Hey, droopy-drawers, pull up your pants.

top-drawer

mod. top-quality. I want to hire a young MBA who’s top-drawer.

top drawer

Highest quality. The 19th-century practice of keeping jewelry and other valuables in the highest drawer of a bedroom dresser gave rise to this phrase, which was applied both to people and to things. “First rate” is a similar phrase, as is “varsity,” meaning a person figuratively sufficiently admirable to qualify for the starting team.
See also: drawer, top

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
TomaszTAW-mahshPolish
ErnoER-noFinnish
Elishai-LIE-shə (English), ee-LIE-shə (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Dafina-Albanian, Macedonian
SÁMuel-Hungarian
AgÁTa-Czech