In your shirtsleeves means you are not wearing anything over your shirt. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
In hot weather they dined in their shirtsleeves. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a shirt-sleeve mob. ,shirt-sleeve weather in November. ,shirt-sleeve diplomacy. From Dictionary.com.
Ben is in shirtsleeves, Tiffany's in a checked skirt. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Quayle's run for Congress, interrupted by Internet columnist Nik Richie] Reference
And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [10/01/2003 - 11/01/2003] Reference
A very nice day to stroll down the street in shirtsleeves and a kilt playing pipes. From Wordnik.com. [02/01/2003 - 03/01/2003] Reference
Taking the stage before 25,000 Iowans, Obama, grinning in shirtsleeves, yelled: “It's good to back in Iowa!”. From Wordnik.com. [Obama in Iowa - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
The man had a fraternal look on his face; he looked like a kindly neighbor in shirtsleeves on a Sunday afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [Whitmore, 1969] Reference
It is called shirtsleeves to shirtlsleeves in 3 generations. From Wordnik.com. [Second City Cop] Reference
While SMA is having a big chill right now, we are out in shirtsleeves. yessss. From Wordnik.com. [Differences among retirees by location] Reference
But … he should not have been released on foot into a snowstorm in shirtsleeves. From Wordnik.com. [SF Writer Beaten and Arrested at US Border « Colleen Anderson] Reference
He was rolling his shirtsleeves back down to his wrists. From Wordnik.com. [Truly]
And Vittori was in shirtsleeves, despite all the blown mud. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
His shirtsleeves are rolled and his forearms are tanned and veiny. From Wordnik.com. [Florida] Reference
The gentleman was removing his coat and rolling up his shirtsleeves. From Wordnik.com. [No Man's Mistress]
A brown harvest-hand, in straw hat and shirtsleeves, presently appeared. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by American Authors, Volume 1] Reference
KING: Barack Obama there walking the streets in small town in shirtsleeves. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 6, 2008] Reference
We'll roll up our shirtsleeves and do everything possible to make this work. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 5, 2009] Reference
He opted to wear cowboy boots with his suit, and strip down to shirtsleeves. From Wordnik.com. ['That's Our Dubya'] Reference
Mat pushed the tent flap aside and ducked into the night in his shirtsleeves. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Chaos]
He came and stood in front of her, rolling down his shirtsleeves as he did so. From Wordnik.com. [Truly]
JILLETTE: It would be terrific, shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in two generations. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2007] Reference
Mr Adelson answered the door in shirtsleeves and suspenders, unshaved and bleary. From Wordnik.com. [A Place so Foreign] Reference
They went on the front porch, in shirtsleeves, leaving the door open behind them. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Brothers]
East tied his handkerchief round his waist, and rolled up his shirtsleeves for him. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Brown's Schooldays]
A man does not remove his coat or sit in his shirtsleeves in any of the public rooms. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men] Reference
If you pull up my shirtsleeves and look at my arms, you will see black and blue marks. "". From Wordnik.com. [Write For Your Life] Reference
She could see him quite plainly in his shirtsleeves in the glare of the powerful headlight. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
“Why do I buy you the slicker when you run home in shirtsleeves?”. From Wordnik.com. [Old Egg] Reference
He was tall and broad-shouldered, with rolled-up shirtsleeves and tattoos on his muscular arms. From Wordnik.com. [Disordered Minds]
“No one in Odessa runs around in their shirtsleeves in such weather.”. From Wordnik.com. [Old Egg] Reference
We put them in scarlet in peace, but they appear in their shirtsleeves the moment war's declared. From Wordnik.com. [Punch Among the Planets] Reference
BLITZER: And the theory the Marines have, what, they can't have tattoos now below their shirtsleeves?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 8, 2007] Reference
Mr Magarth, the woman he spoke to pointed to a man, bareheaded and in his shirtsleeves, piling boards. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825] Reference
A few men and most boys remained in their shirtsleeves after engaging in one of the more strenuous contests. From Wordnik.com. [No Man's Mistress]
You need a place somewhere where the candidate in shirtsleeves has to live, if only briefly, in the real America. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 9, 2003] Reference
And people are moving now in shirtsleeves and without the kind of protective padding that they were wearing earlier. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 12, 2001] Reference
I've seed 'im, hover and hover agen, walkin' about among us in his shirtsleeves, with 'is braces' angin 'about is' eels!. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 27, 1891] Reference
FRAZIER: Yes, John, four of them now approaching the car, and all in shirtsleeves and what looks to be streetwear, and. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 12, 2001] Reference
When Charles had gone home to Aynsford I wandered aimlessly round the flat, tie off and in shirtsleeves, trying to be sensible. From Wordnik.com. [Whip Hand]
After all, he came out on Wednesday with his first statement, brief statement, and at that point he was still in shirtsleeves on vacation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Russian Navy: No Hope for Kursk Crew - August 19, 2000] Reference
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