hats off

English

Etymology

Ellipsis of a form of take one's hat off to.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

(idiomatic, as imperative, with to) Congratulations
Hats off to the Jamaican bobsled team for their able representation of their country in the Olympics against serious obstacles.
- 2020 December 16, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 71:
  Hats off to Avanti West Coast staff at Crewe station, who found a simple but highly effective way to raise money for charity during the Coronavirus epidemic.

Translations

Congratulations

Czech: klobouk dolů
French: chapeau bas (fr), chapeau ! (fr)
German: Hut ab! (de); Chapeau! (de)
Hungarian: le a kalappal
Japanese: 脱帽 (ja) (datsubō)
Polish: chapeau bas (pl), czapki z głów, klękajcie narody (pl)
Spanish: quitar el sombrero (pronominal), sacar el sombrero (pronominal, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru)

References

“hats off to”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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