Mary looed charming in her borrowed plumes; she had taken, without asking, her aunt's fan and jewellery.
And then you won't know me, Sir; and I shall not be your Jane Eyre any longer, but an ape in a harlequin's jacket — a jay in borrowed plumes.
They instantly detecting the intruder, stripped him of his borrowed plumes, and falling upon him with their beaks, sent him about his business.