an idiom which means "suits you"

[alpacinou]

Hello

Imagine you want to give a compliment to your wife who has bought a new dress. You want to tell her that the dress really really suits her. Is there an idiom / expression / colorful way of expressing this?

 

[GoesStation]

You look great in that dress! will rarely be taken badly from someone close to you.

Note that I've edited the thread's title. Can you see what was wrong?

 

[alpacinou]

You look great in that dress! will rarely be taken badly from someone close to you.

Note that I've edited the thread's title. Can you see what was wrong?

Thanks.
Yes. " " was wrong.

 

[alpacinou]

Honestly, I already knew "you look great". I was hoping to learn a colorful idiom which means the same as "it suits you".

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Honestly, I already knew "you look great". I was hoping to learn a colorful idiom which means the same as "it suits you".

Baby, you're a knockout in that thing.

 

[GoesStation]

Provided you know the person really well and know she won't feel objectified, you can say "Whoa!" or make a low whistle. This is extremely delicate territory; what works with some people in some relationships could end others.

 

[Skrej]

You could probably adapt the expression 'fits you to a T' for this this situation. It's not exactly the normal context for the expression, but I think it works if you allow for a bit of word play.

 

[Phaedrus]

You were made for that dress.

 

[TheParser]

NOT A TEACHER

"Although we have been married for 30 years, your exquisite taste in clothing never fails to astonish me, Darling."


(A cultural note for our international friends: Remember that if a man in the United States is complimenting a female friend or colleague, he must be very careful with his words and glances, lest he unwittingly offend her.)

 

[GoesStation]

Now that I qualify to say that to my wife, I'll be sure to give it a try — provided she's not holding a mug of tea. Hot liquids running down one's face can really sting.

 

[alpacinou]

Now that I qualify to say that to my wife, I'll be sure to give it a try — provided she's not holding a mug of tea. Hot liquids running down one's face can really sting.

I hope you tread carefully. You are an indispensable member of the forum.

 

[jutfrank]

You look almost as good with that dress on as you do with it off.

 

[alpacinou]

You look almost as good with dress on as you do with it off.

That is kind of like dirty talk.

 

[Rover_KE]

Stick with the unequivocal 'I've never seen you looking lovelier'.

What not to say: 'Have you kept the receipt?'

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Nobody I know has said anything like that for some fifty years or more.

But they should!

 

[GoesStation]

It doesn't make you look fat is a surefire winner.

 

[tedmc]

To someone in her sixties:

You look like in your forties in that dress.

 

[Phaedrus]

You want to tell her that the dress really really suits her. Is there an idiom / expression / colorful way of expressing this?

More from the realm of the old-fashioned but still possible:

That dress really becomes you.
That dress becomes you nicely.
That dress is very becoming on you.

 

[Tdol]

You look hot in that dress.

 

[GoesStation]

I once made a comment to my wife about the waitress who had served us lunch. I said "She fit her dress really well." This was a somewhat crude way to observe that the young woman was tightly but, to my eyes, pleasantly packed into her dress. Do not try this at home.

(It was in Shawinigan, Quebec, in case you're wondering. My wife was not holding a mug of tea at the time.)