(as) bright as a new pin

(as) bright as a new pin

Clean, neat, and perhaps shiny. I expected Danny's student apartment to be a total mess, but it was bright as a new pin!
See also: bright, new, pin
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*bright as a new pin

bright and clean; shiny. (*Also: as ~.) After Joe cleaned the house, it was as bright as a new pin. My kitchen floor is bright as a new pin since I started using this new floor wax.
See also: bright, new, pin
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bright as a new pin
  • clean as a new pin
  • (as) clean as a new pin
  • be (as) clean as a new pin
  • new
  • bright
  • bright as a button
  • as bright as a button
  • (as) bright as a button
  • be bright and breezy