| 单词 | apple-pie order |
| 释义 | apple-pie orderSEE SYNONYMS FOR apple-pie order ON THESAURUS.COM nounexcellent or perfect order: Her desk is always in apple-pie order. Origin of apple-pie orderFirst recorded in 1770–80 Words nearby apple-pie orderapple of one's eye, apple of Peru, apple pandowdy, apple-pie, apple-pie bed, apple-pie order, apple-polish, apple polisher, apples, apples and oranges, apples and pears Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for apple-pie orderapple-pie order nouninformal perfect order or condition Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with apple-pie orderapple-pie order Extreme neatness, as in David keeps his financial records in apple-pie order. This term is generally believed to be an English corruption of the French nappes pliées, “neatly folded linen.” [Early 1600s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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