facelift

give (something) a facelift

To refurbish or improve the appearance of something. Wow, you really gave this room a facelift—it looks fantastic!
See also: facelift, give
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

give something a ˈfacelift

improve the appearance of something, for example a building, room, etc: We’ve given our offices a facelift — new furniture, new lighting and a new carpet. The whole street needs a facelift.
A facelift is an operation to lift and tighten the skin on your face in order to make you look younger.
See also: facelift, give, something
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • give (something) a facelift
  • give something a facelift
  • bear a resemblance to
  • bear a resemblance to (someone or something)
  • (you) coulda fooled me
  • fix up
  • fixed up
  • fix-up
  • (something) is you
  • (you) could have fooled me
References in periodicals archive
She was forced to have a corrective op after a previous free "thread" facelift went wrong.
Enerjet is the secret weapon behind the Belo Kinetic Facelift. The technology is based on pressure, Cassuto said.
She added: "I think the thing for me, I'll always be proud of you - if you have a facelift or don't have a facelift, I'll always be proud of you - and there's no denying you'll look fabulous.
"My patients have also been very pleased with the quicker recovery time with the MACS facelift", states Dr.
"At our centre, the common requirement is of non-surgical facelift, wrinkle reduction, treatment for under-eye darkening, pigmentation, lip job, glowing and rejuvenating skin procedure," he added.
Maruti is reportedly looking to launch the new facelift around the festival season this year.
As one plastic surgeon writes, "doctors vary in their opinion of what a mini facelift will achieve" since "the results will be different for different patients." Compared to a full facelift, this operation has more inconspicuous results because of shorter incisions.
Rima Al-MukhtarVampire Facelift is the trademarked name for in vogue non-surgical cosmetic procedure involving the reinjection of a gel-like substance-- platelet rich fibrin matrix (PRFM) or platelet rich plasma (PRP)-- derived from a patient's own blood.
Over the next 12-18 months, M&M has lined up a major Scorpio facelift (June 2014), XUV facelift code named W207 (March 2015), new Maxximo load and passenger codenamed P405 and P 409 respectively (October 2014) and the new 0.5 tonne mini truck to replace Gio codenamed P601 (October to November 2014) to take on Tata Motors Ace Zip, ET reported."I think in the next 5-6 months, the situation will remain challenging.
Fair enough, Captain Cook Square was an improvement, not forgetting that the three main shopping centres have had a bit of a facelift, but I still say that the town centre just isn''t big enough.
A WRINKLY bulldog has been treated like an ageing beauty - by having a facelift.
But a wrinkly bulldog has echoed the stars by having a facelift - to help her breathe properly.
WE have teamed up with Blossom Clinics to introduce the famous Ulthera ultrasound facelift to Scotland for the first time.
She stressed that Manama Old Souq Facelift Project will help revive the heritage sites which characterized the place in the era of late Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.