ЛЫКОМ ШИТЫЙ

• ЛЫКОМ ШИТ <ШИТЫЙ> coll

[AdjP; subj-compl with быть (subj: human), pres only]

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⇒ one is unpolished, uneducated, uncultivated:

- X лыком шит••≈ X is a (country) bumpkin <a hick, a yokel>;

- X is cut from simple cloth;

- [in limited contexts] X was brought up in a barn.