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dress to kill

To dress in extravagantly fancy or stylish clothes so as to thoroughly impress others. Mary always dresses to kill, so she turns heads wherever she goes. The chairman of the board will be there tonight, so be sure you dress to kill!
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She said: "You mustn't dress to be ill, you've got to dress to kill.
Lynda: Morphine keeps my cancer pain at bay
If I had daughters I would be warning them that if they dressed like a slut they might reasonably expect to be treated like one" - Veteran broadcaster Anne Diamond on girls who dress to kill.
They say
Ex-Spice Girl Emma Bunton, pictured, on her favourite word "For a long time the children thought their mum worked and I was just the guy who made the pancakes" Actor Michael Douglas "If I had daughters, I would be warning them that if they dressed like a slut, they might reasonably expect to be treated like one" Anne Diamond on girls who dress to kill "I have a block about Charles Dickens.
THEY SAID WHAT?
So go get that hat, dress to kill and have a great time.
One for the ladies
I happened to catch his Dress to Kill special on HBO a few years ago and became an instant fan.
Ella Izzard. (reader forum)
His one-man show Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill took voters of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences by storm.
Cross-dresser Eddie wows Emmy judges
I refer to a pair of simultaneous successes this spring, a stroll apart in the West Village: Dress to Kill, the one-man show by the English comic Eddie Izzard, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the rock musical cowritten by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask, and performed by them, Miriam Shot, and Trask's fine band, Cheater.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
But there's no reason why the duchess can't still dress to kill.
Class fashion even Fergie could afford
Don't Dress to Kill - Wear something bright and/or reflective to make sure drivers can see just how delightfully hideous you look, and avoid masks that make it difficult to see where you're going.
Autobytel.com and Elvira Offer 5 Tips to Help Keep Trick-or-Treaters Safe on One of the Deadliest Nights of the Year for Child Pedestrians
HOT PROPERTY 007 Daniel in one of his danger scenes; Picture: EMPIRE MAGAZINE; DRESS TO KILL New Bond girl Olga Kurylenko; QUANTUM LEAP Action man Dan; BLOOD, SWEAT AND GEARS: Star emerges from car in Quantum of Solace
He's Bond.. flames Bond; EXCLUSIVE 007 STAR CRAIG DOES HIS OWN STUNTS
Americans who haven't caught his act would be well advised to check out Dress to Kill, his Emmy award-winning HBO stand-up show, available November 26 on DVD from Anti/Epitaph.
Still dressed to kill: actor-comic Eddie Izzard talks about cross-dressing against the Nazis with Matt LeBlanc in their new film, All the Queen's Men. (film)
There's even a gold-plated, diamond studded version for those who dress to kill.
SMALL ARMS
Performance in a Variety or Music Program: Eddie Izzard, ``Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill,'' HBO.
TRENDY TWOSOMES CELEBRITY COUPLES ATTEND THE AWARDS
Izzard won two awards for "Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill.
It's a prize to dye for, Cher
Eddie Izzard picked up two Emmys, writing and performing in a comedy special for his HBO special, ``Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill.
`WEST WING' WOWS SERIES ON WHITE HOUSE SETS EMMY RECORD WITH 9 WINS
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