"All fur coat no knickers" - where in UK or further afield?

[redwinetalking]

I have to admit I love this phrase and can think of several towns, areas and localities where "IMHO" it may have applied.

Obviously not travelled everywhere but what are you "FCNK" places?

I thought it was more a phrase to describe a person rather than a place?

Like the comment above, the saying is to describe a person, not a place.

It means a person who looks rich but is actually poor. How can it apply to a place?

Brighton

No idea what you are on about. That phrase describes a person, not a place.

Do you mean places which are perceived as affluent, but have poverty and social problems bubbling beneath the surface?

Are you Miranda’s mum? I have just mentally read your post in what I call Miranda’s mum’s voice

OP wants to know where to go to feel as superior as possible.

Bath

It means a person who looks rich but is actually poor

I've never understood the phrase that way. I think it means someone or something that has a dressy surface, but nothing underneath - so it could actually refer to a place.

It can't refer to a place, places don't wear coats, or knickers.

I've always taken it to mean all show and no substance so it could equally be applied to people and places.

@comedownwithme It can't refer to a place, places don't wear coats, or knickers There is this interesting thing called metaphor ...

I also understand it to mean all show and no substance rather than being about money. So someone who makes a big show of how classy they are and is a bit flashy - BUT who lacks education, taste, subtlety, grace. It can be humourous - or can be classist and nasty.

This is correct

As far as I'm aware it can describe a place or person (or anything in between). I think the poster who says places can't wear knickers is maybe being a bit too literal.

Definition is: "Having a superficially positive appearance that is belied by the reality, e.g., superficially elegant and beautiful but actually common."

And no I am not Miranda's mum - was just casting a question out there!

Net in the window - nowt on the table

To add I do think it's a northern phrase that may lose meaning to anyone who is not from "oop" here

@KandieKaine Exactly!!

I know what you mean OP.

Cheltenham.

Some places do actually wear fur coats and knickers, and some women wear buildings and street furniture

I take it to mean all style and no substance. So it could be a place as well as a person.

Like Paris.

I've never understood the phrase that way. I think it means someone or something that has a dressy surface, but nothing underneath - so it could actually refer to a place

Same here. Something looks classy on the outside but its really not.

LA

That is all.

What does this mean?