men in white coats idiom
old-fashioned informal sometimes humorous （指将某人送到精神病院的）穿白大褂的人
used to refer to people who come to take someone to a psychiatric hospital
He was in and out of psychiatric hospitals for 10 years, escorted by men in white coats. 他被送进送出精神病院，这样反反复复了10年。
She had visions of being bundled into a straitjacket by the men in white coats. 她头脑中有自己被穿白大褂的人塞进紧身衣内的场景。
It was time to call out the men in white coats. 是把穿白大褂的人叫来的时候了。