English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
IN SUIT or ON SUIT?
I saw you yesterday; you were ~on~ a blue suit (nonstandard).
I saw you yesterday; you were *in* a blue suit (standard).
I saw him yesterday; he was putting ~in~ a blue suit (nonstandard).
I saw him yesterday; he was putting *on* a blue suit (standard).
Note that as an idiom, “the men in suits” means the men who are in control of an organisation or company and who have a lot of power:
If you want a position in your organisation, do not offend the men in suits.
GAB
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