in a trench coat

English

Etymology

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.

Prepositional phrase

in a trench coat

  1. (slang, humorous) Pretending to be something greater, especially unconvincingly.
    • 2020 February 19, Alex V Green, “Canada is Fake”, in The Outline‎[1], archived from the original on 21 February 2020:
      Canada is three mining companies in a trench coat, wearing a stupid hat and carrying a gun.
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