in a trench coat

介词短语

英文释义

介词短语
  1. Pretending to be something greater, especially unconvincingly. humorous,slang
    — Canada is three mining companies in a trench coat, wearing a stupid hat and carrying a gun.

词源

From a pop culture cliché in which two children, one on the other's shoulders, wear a long coat in order to pass for one adult to enter an R-rated movie theater.
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