Off-the-peg clothes are made in standard sizes and sold ready to wear. Nobody cut them to fit your body alone. You walk into a shop, find your size, and take them home.

Off-the-peg clothes off-the-peg的衣服 are made in standard sizes是用標準尺寸做的 and sold ready to wear做好就直接賣、可以馬上穿。 Nobody cut them to fit your body alone沒有人是特地照著你一個人的身材去裁的。 You walk into a shop你走進店裡 find your size找到你的尺寸 and take them home然後帶回家。

The opposite is made-to-measure or tailor-made, where a tailor makes the clothes for one person. Almost everything on a normal high-street rail is off-the-peg, even when it looks expensive.

The opposite is made-to-measure or tailor-made相反的是made-to-measure或tailor-made（量身訂做） where a tailor makes the clothes for one person也就是裁縫師專門為一個人做衣服。 Almost everything on a normal high-street rail一般街上服飾店掛架上的衣服 is off-the-peg幾乎全都是off-the-peg的 even when it looks expensive就算看起來很貴也一樣。

The phrase is everyday British English. In American English people more often say off-the-rack; same idea, different picture (a peg versus a rack in the shop). People sometimes stretch off-the-peg to other ready-made things, but its real home is clothes.

The phrase is everyday British English這個說法是英式英語的日常用語。 In American English在美式英語裡 people more often say off-the-rack大家更常說off-the-rack same idea, different picture意思一樣，畫面不同 (a peg versus a rack in the shop)（店裡一個是掛鉤peg、一個是掛架rack）。 People sometimes stretch off-the-peg to other ready-made things有時候人也會把off-the-peg引申到其他現成的東西上 but its real home is clothes但它真正的老家是衣服。

It does not mean cheap by itself, and it does not mean badly made. A designer jacket can still be off-the-peg if it was sewn in standard sizes. It also does not mean second-hand. It only tells you the clothes were not built around your measurements.

It它 does not mean cheap by itself本身並不表示便宜 and it does not mean badly made也不表示做工差。 A designer jacket一件設計師外套 can still be off-the-peg if it was sewn in standard sizes只要是用標準尺寸縫製的，還是可以算off-the-peg。 It它 also does not mean second-hand也不代表是二手的。 It它 only tells you只是告訴你 the clothes were not built around your measurements這件衣服不是照著你的身材尺寸做的。