Why do I need to know habillé comme l’as de pique? Être habillé comme l’as de pique - to be dressed like the ace of spades - is used colloquially to describe someone wearing clothes that, to put it kindly, aren't easy on the eye. Molière, the classic French playwright, used “ace of spades” as a synonym for idiot in his play Le dépit amoureux. AlternativesFagoté comme l’as de pique - an outdated version of habillé comme l’as de pique. Therefore, être mal sapé means “to be badly dressed”

Source: The Local December 13, 2019 15:22 UTC