in apple-pie order
in apple-pie order
Very neat and organized. Don't worry, we'll find that file—Elaine keeps all the records in apple-pie order.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*in apple-pie order
Fig. in very good order; very well organized. (*Typically: be ~; get something ~; put something ~.) Please put everything in apple-pie order before you leave. I always put my desk in apple-pie order every evening. I've put my entire life into apple-pie order.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
in apple-pie order
OLD-FASHIONEDIf a place is in apple-pie order, everything in it is very tidy and well-organized. Apart from the scaffolding and plastic sheeting that still remained, they found everything in apple-pie order. On the upper deck everything was very much in apple pie order. Note: This expression is thought to come from the French for `from head to foot', referring originally to a well-kept suit of armour or military uniform.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
in apple-pie order
in perfect order or neatness.The origin of the phrase, which is first recorded in 1780 , is unclear. It may be traceable back to Old French cap a pie ‘head to foot’; it may be an alteration of French nappe pliée ‘folded cloth’ (which is where ‘apple-pie bed’ comes from); or it may simply be a reference to a literal apple pie.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
in apple-pie ˈorder
neat and very well organized: She keeps the accounts in apple-pie order.See also: order
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- apple pie order
- apple-pie order
- be in apple-pie order
- in order
- on the order of
- place an order
- place an/the/(one's) order
- order from
- order from (someone or something)
- order in