birthday suit

English

Etymology

From the lack of clothes worn when one is born on one's first birthday.

Noun

birthday suit (plural birthday suits)

1. (idiomatic) Nakedness; an exposure of a human's natural anatomy without clothing

   George embarrassed his aunt by answering the door in his birthday suit.

Usage notes

• Usually used in the phrase “in one’s birthday suit”, but sometimes seen alone; for example, as in “Guess what she was wearing? Her birthday suit!”

Translations

nakedness

Catalan: vestit d'Adam (ca) m. Dutch: adamskostuum (nl) n. German: Adamskostüm (de) n. (used of men), Evakostüm (de) n. (used of women) Japanese: 素っ裸 (ja) (suppadaka)

Norwegian: Adams drakt (no) (used of men), Evas drakt (no) (used of women) Polish: strój adama (pl) m. Russian: в костюме Евы (ru), в чём мать родила (ru) Spanish: to be in one’s birthday suit: estar como su madre le trajo al mundo

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French: habit de naissance m. (suspected non-idiomatic translation); en tenue d'Adam/Ève; à poil