spruce up (someone/something)

to improve the appearance of someone or something.

She needed to spruce up her image so she bought tons of new clothes and got a great new hairstyle.

The city has to spruce itself up for the Olympics next year.

• be the light of life
• be the light of someone's life
• be the living end
• be the making of
• be the making of someone
• be the marrying kind
• be the meat in the sandwich
• be the model of
• be the model of something
• be the nature of the beast
• be the only pebble on the beach
• be the order of the day
• be the picture of
• be the picture of health
• be the picture of [health/innocence etc.]
• be the picture of innocence
• be the right side of
• be the salt of the earth
• be the soul of discretion
• be the spitting image of
• be the spitting image of someone
• be the talk of the town
• be the toast of
• be the toast of someone
• be the worse for wear