United KingdomUnited StatesGlobal (English)informalneutral
Dressed in very fashionable, elegant, or extravagant clothing; dressed extremely smartly for a special occasion.
Arranged or presented in a highly polished or showy manner intended to impress.
Examples:
EN: She was dressed to the nines and wore huge diamond earrings.
ES: lba de punta en blanco y llevaba pendientes de diamantes.
EN: I dressed to the nines to look for a job and you ..
ES: Me vestí de tiros largos para ir a buscar empleo y usted...
EN: When a master thought he could solve it by filling his huge house with droves of Negroes dressed to the nines, he was solving a very different problem... the problem of his prestige in the eyes of his family and his guests.