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Titolo: Gladrags

Che cosa si intende per "stracci contenti" nell'espressione "Sandbags 
and Gladrags"? ;)
So che c'è anche una canzone, "Handbags and Gladrags".
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> So che c'è anche una canzone, "Handbags and Gladrags".
C`è anche una canzone, Rag Doll, di Frankie Valli
When she was just a kid her clothes were hand me downs
They always laughed at her when she came into town
Called her rag doll, little rag doll
Such a pretty face should be dressed in lace
I'd change her sad rags into glad rags if I could
My folks won't let me cause they say that she's no good
She's a rag doll, such a rag doll
Though I love her so I can't let her know
Rag doll, I love you just the way you are

 When she was just a kid her clothes were hand me downs
"Hand me down" l'ho dovuto cercare sul vocabolario, ma in effetti ci
potevo arrivare :)
Hand-me-down = (vestito) smesso (passato ad altra persona, generalm.
un fratello minore).

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Billy Graham, the very famous American evangelist and a powerful
preacher, was also known for the very fine and expensive suits he
wore.
There was a joke that said that Billy Graham's suits were
"hand-me-downs from God".  : >)
Joe from Massachusetts

 So che c'è anche una canzone, "Handbags and Gladrags".
It's the theme song of "The Office" BBC comedy.
| Ever seen a blind man cross the road
| trying to make the other side
| Ever seen a young girl growing old
| trying to make herself a bride 
| 
| So what becomes of you my love
| When they have finally stripped you of
| The handbags and the gladrags
| That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you
| 
| 
| Once I was a young man
| and all I thought I had to do was smile
| You are still a young girl
| and you bought everything in style
| 
| so once you think you're in you're out
| 'cause you don't mean a single thing without
| the handbags and the gladrags
| that your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you
| 
| Sing a song of six-pence for your sake
| And drink a bottle full of rye
| Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake
| And bake them all in a pie
| 
| They told me you missed school today
| So what I suggest you just throw them all away
| the handbags and the gladrags
| that your poor old Granddad had to sweat to buy you
| 
| They told me you missed school today
| So I suggest you just throw them all away
| the handbags and the gladrags
| that your poor old Granddad had to sweat to buy you

 It's the theme song of "The Office" BBC comedy.
 
I may be wrong (and I'm surely showing my age) but I think it was
originally a song by Rod Stuart. In the 60--- 70---- 80s. :)
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I'm sure that was a typo and you meant "...but it's worth it" :)
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 I'm sure that was a typo and you meant "...but it's worth it" :)
Actually I was in doubt and I picked the wrong expression :(
It would have been worth looking it in the dictionary!