The best interpretation of the laws of physics as we understand them is that we live in an off-the-peg universe. ❋ John Gribbin (2011)
The couple made it profitable by combining R&P with the lingerie business they already owned, and introducing off-the-peg bras and an own-label range. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Fergus O'Hare provides a clamorous soundtrack of birds and booms; John Napier's design features projections by Jon Driscoll and Gemma Carrington which sometimes glow alluringly – the domestic interiors are particularly inviting – but are often off-the-peg sepia: at one dramatically low moment, soldiers march on the spot in front of a photograph of the trenches, while an account of what is going on is delivered by our hero. ❋ Susannah Clapp (2010)
The shops have been selling costumes for weeks, and the streets are teeming with off-the-peg Darth Vaders, and Harry Potters. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Four years to win a world title is not that long, so the thinking appears to be that Twickenham goes out into the market and buys an off-the-peg winner – a White, a Graham Henry. ❋ Unknown (2011)
In London I buy my shirts off-the-peg at Hilditch & Key . ❋ Edward Helmore (2011)
While high-street investors usually pay charges of about 5% for off-the-peg products, high-net-worth individuals can have products put together on a bespoke basis that will give them exposure to whatever derivatives they want, with whatever levels of risk they want to take, subject, of course to what the market is pricing in at any time. ❋ John Greenwood (2011)
'In London I buy my shirts off-the-peg at Hilditch & Key.' ❋ Edward Helmore (2011)
Because all our creations are made by hand it is very difficult to meet the demand, but we're making sure that customers at our boutique are looked after, a spokesman for the company, where prices for off-the-peg hats start at £350, says. ❋ Unknown (2011)
But for straightforward off-the-peg services, such as selling a house, it ought to be possible for the high-street big boys to provide a faster, cheaper service. ❋ Unknown (2011)
"We've seen a determined swing back to tailored clothes and a more grown-up style of dressing," observed Patrick Grant, owner of the Savile Row tailor Norton & Sons and the off-the-peg line E. ❋ Edward Helmore (2011)
I had flashbacks of hot summers and hot pants – I had to have mine specially made as I was too small and skinny to buy off-the-peg ones. ❋ Unknown (2012)
Typically cut with a slightly forward collar, this is just one of hundreds of weaves and fabrics the firm offers in off-the-peg and made-to-measure shirting. ❋ Unknown (2012)
Badly tailored suits, like many off-the-peg numbers, will have closed buttons at the wrist. ❋ Unknown (2010)
They were having a big sale, and I saw a Christian Dior off-the-peg brown wool crepe suit with a fake leopardskin collar hugely reduced at only $80. ❋ Unknown (2010)
How easy it is to picture Simon drumming his fingers in his Dark Tower, just itching for the golden opportunity to rifle through his I Give a Toss file and pull out some thinly disguised, off-the-peg marketing scheme, under the guise of helping humanity as a whole. ❋ Unknown (2010)
By comparison, an off-the-peg super-yacht of 40 meters could cost less than ❋ Unknown (2010)
Rather than splashing out for an off-the-peg yacht, a growing number of the world's rich and famous are buying into this unusual craze. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Taking off his motorcycle leathers, he revealed a suit that looked a bit shiny and short in the arms and was definitely off-the-peg, and he didn't really address her as anything. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Me: [How are you] doing?
Him: The net is coming off the pegs. ❋ Glue Gun (2017)
