On it like a cheap suit. To give in on something you felt so strongly about only a moment ago. Definitions by the largest idiom dictionary. English loves the use of the clever simile if which this is one. The meaning of which i took to be that while a cheap suit covers the body it does so in a clumsy inelegant manner.
You can buy a cheap mens suit from second hand stores like goodwill volunteers of america and the salvation army. Youd also hear fold like a cheap suit but since fabric folds easily whether its cashmere or polyester suitcase presents a better connotation of a losing proposition. Someone or some team for example that folds falls down stops performing under pressure a cheap suit which would be of light material and without a linin. The linguist arnold zwicky in discussing the fold like a cheap x formula on his blog in 2009 questions the use of the word suit here then suggests a possible explanation for the usage.
Get a all over you like a cheap suit mug for your buddy trump. It links two ideas. Its easy to grab a 1200 suit for 600 if youre savvy about when and how you shop. Definition of all over someone like a cheap suit in the idioms dictionary.
All over someone like a cheap suit idioms by the free dictionary. Suit would not have been my first choice as a filler for x suits even cheap ones not being notable for ease of folding he writes. There will also be some on amazon and ebay. Fold like a cheap suitcase phrase.
Definition of fold like a cheap suitcase in the idioms dictionary. The easiest way to find out if theres a fabric reserve is to look at the pants. Its long been a cliche of australian football to say that a player clumsily infringing another through close bodily contact was all over him like a cheap suit.