be on velvet

The Schnabel work is on velvet and may be even harder to restore, they said.

I saw a picture once of a bull and a bullfighter, it was on velvet, very bright colors.

With more Earls than he knew what to do with, he was on velvet.

I was on velvet.

As our rapporteur quite rightly stresses, while the only choice is between growing coca and extreme poverty or death, the Maffia will be on velvet.

Killers Are on Velvet (1960)

We can't dictate to U.S. Tho' their long-term diffies will be greater than ours, they are on velvet to-day.