- get a sheepskin
- Get a sheepskinGetting a sheepskin (or your sheepskin) means getting a degree or diploma. (Sheepskin refers to the parchment that a degree is printed on- parchment comes from sheepskin.)
The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.
get a sheepskin
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