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have the attention span of a gnat

To be easily distracted. My son has the attention span of a gnat, I swear. If I tell him to do something, he forgets about it almost instantly! We all have the attention span of gnats after so many years of multitasking.

See also: attention, gnat, have, of, span

have the attention span of a mosquito

To be easily distracted. My son has the attention span of a mosquito, I swear. If I tell him to do something, he forgets about it almost instantly! We all have the attention span of mosquitoes after so many years of multitasking.

spick and span

Totally clean and/or organized. I plan to spend the day cleaning so that this place is spick and span when my mother-in-law arrives.

See also: and, span

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

spick and span

Neat and clean, as in When Ruth has finished cleaning, the whole house is spick and span. This term combines two nouns that are now obsolete, spick, "a nail" or "spike," and span, "a wooden chip." In the 1500s a sailing ship was considered spick and span when every spike and chip was brand-new. The transfer to the current sense took place in the mid-1800s.

See also: and, span

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

spick and span

mainly BRITISH

If a place is spick and span, it is very clean and tidy. Note: `Spick' is sometimes spelled `spic'. Ann was dusting the furniture, making sure her home was spick and span. The facilities were all spick and span. Note: You can also use spick-and-span before a noun. Its bright new buildings already resemble a spic-and-span Japanese car plant. Note: This expression has developed from an old-fashioned expression `spick and span-new', meaning `very new'. `Spick' probably came from a Dutch word meaning `new', and `span-new' meant `completely new'.

See also: and, span

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

ˌspick and ˈspan

(also ˌspic and ˈspan) clean, tidy and fresh: The boss likes everything spick and span in the office.

See also: and, span

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

spick and span

Neat and clean. This term is made up of two now obsolete words, spick, meaning a spike or nail, and span, meaning a wood chip. In the days of sailing ships, a spick and span ship was one in which every spike or nail and every (wooden) chip was new. The alliterative pairing of the two is very old indeed, although originally the expression meant “brand-new.” It appeared in Sir Thomas North’s translation of Plutarch’s Lives (1579): “They were all in goodly gilt armours, and brave purple cassocks upon them, spicke, and spanne newe.”

See also: and, span

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

spic and span

Neat and clean. A “spick” was a nail (as in “spike”), “span” was a wood shaving, and a new wooden object had shiny spicks in it and fresh spans around it. Over the years the meaning of newness was replaced by that of something fresh and clean (as a new object usually was).

See also: and, span, spic

Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price

See also:

have the attention span of a gnat
have the attention span of a mosquito
swear down
swear
(one's) mind goes blank
one's mind went blank
stain (something) with (something)
stain with
if it's the last thing I do
senior moment

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释义	span Related to span: Div have the attention span of a gnat To be easily distracted. My son has the attention span of a gnat, I swear. If I tell him to do something, he forgets about it almost instantly! We all have the attention span of gnats after so many years of multitasking. See also: attention, gnat, have, of, span have the attention span of a mosquito To be easily distracted. My son has the attention span of a mosquito, I swear. If I tell him to do something, he forgets about it almost instantly! We all have the attention span of mosquitoes after so many years of multitasking. See also: attention, have, of, span spick and span Totally clean and/or organized. I plan to spend the day cleaning so that this place is spick and span when my mother-in-law arrives. See also: and, span Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. spick and span Neat and clean, as in When Ruth has finished cleaning, the whole house is spick and span. This term combines two nouns that are now obsolete, spick, "a nail" or "spike," and span, "a wooden chip." In the 1500s a sailing ship was considered spick and span when every spike and chip was brand-new. The transfer to the current sense took place in the mid-1800s. See also: and, span The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. spick and span mainly BRITISH If a place is spick and span, it is very clean and tidy. Note: `Spick' is sometimes spelled `spic'. Ann was dusting the furniture, making sure her home was spick and span. The facilities were all spick and span. Note: You can also use spick-and-span before a noun. Its bright new buildings already resemble a spic-and-span Japanese car plant. Note: This expression has developed from an old-fashioned expression `spick and span-new', meaning `very new'. `Spick' probably came from a Dutch word meaning `new', and `span-new' meant `completely new'. See also: and, span Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. ˌspick and ˈspan (also ˌspic and ˈspan) clean, tidy and fresh: The boss likes everything spick and span in the office. See also: and, span Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary spick and span Neat and clean. This term is made up of two now obsolete words, spick, meaning a spike or nail, and span, meaning a wood chip. In the days of sailing ships, a spick and span ship was one in which every spike or nail and every (wooden) chip was new. The alliterative pairing of the two is very old indeed, although originally the expression meant “brand-new.” It appeared in Sir Thomas North’s translation of Plutarch’s Lives (1579): “They were all in goodly gilt armours, and brave purple cassocks upon them, spicke, and spanne newe.” See also: and, span The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer spic and span Neat and clean. A “spick” was a nail (as in “spike”), “span” was a wood shaving, and a new wooden object had shiny spicks in it and fresh spans around it. Over the years the meaning of newness was replaced by that of something fresh and clean (as a new object usually was). See also: and, span, spic Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: have the attention span of a gnat have the attention span of a mosquito swear down swear (one's) mind goes blank one's mind went blank stain (something) with (something) stain with if it's the last thing I do senior moment References in periodicals archive span xml:lang="ENAFC Leopards have still held onto Rwandan coach Cassa Mbungo, although the air is thick with rumours that he has fallen out with the club's hierarchy, and may be sacked before the season hits the half way mark. Who will reign supreme in new KPL season? J span calibriHere are the links: span calibriWhy do higher interest rates bring down bond prices? How to turn finance talk from boring intimidating to interesting easy-to-understand Several of the inactivations extended the life span of C. Old worms, new aging genes: biologists look into DNA for the secrets of long life In the spectacle of Makhulu Span we are reminded of the subversive possibilities of mimicry and of the carnivalesque as quotidian.(42) The trials became a kind of improvisational theater and ritual. Of men, magic, and the law: popular justice and the political imagination in South Africa span xml:lang="ENTo be successful in this venture, one has to understand that land is a slow-moving illiquid asset whose value rises steadily over the years. 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