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Is it right to say?

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bit3034

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She was not wearing anything down.
 
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bit3034 said:
She was not wearing anything down.
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Yes you can say that, but it's meaning is not clear. If you mean that she had no clothes on the lower half of her body, then you should say "She was naked from the waist down".
 
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Duck feathers? Oh, I don't think so!
 
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It could mean she wasn't married. She had no husband to wear down.
 
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