American as apple pie

American as apple pie

Exemplary or indicative of American life, interests, or ideals (often stereotypically so). Baseball is as American as apple pie.
See also: American, apple, pie
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*American as apple pie

Cliché quintessential American. (*Also: as ~.) A small house with a white picket fence is supposed to be as American as apple pie.
See also: American, apple, pie
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

American as apple pie

If something or someone is as American as apple pie, they are typical of the American way of life. Jeans are as American as apple pie and old jeans show a touch of class. Note: Apple pie is a traditional dessert that is thought of as typically American.
See also: American, apple, pie
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

as American as apple pie

typically American in character.
1995 New York Times Magazine To reward people for something beyond merit is American as apple pie.
See also: American, apple, pie
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

as Aˌmerican as apple ˈpie

used to say that something is typical of America: For me, baseball is as American as apple pie.
See also: American, apple, pie
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • as American as apple pie
  • be as American as apple pie
  • American
  • pie
  • go out of
  • final
  • hit the high
  • beat the
  • bout it
  • case of the shorts
References in periodicals archive
Ever hear the phrase, "American as apple pie?" Well, even apple pie isn't that American.
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Conspiracy is as American as apple pie!" says Jim Fetzer.
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Instead of considering them aberrations, what if we considered the outrage, malevolence, and discontent of the people who commit politically motivated crimes--not to mention their goofiness, narcissism, and outright insanity--to be just as American as apple pie in the land of the free and the home of the brave?
The late Peter Gzowski, radio talk show host extraordinaire, once asked his listeners to complete the line `As Canadian as ...', and cited the familiar 'as American as apple pie', `as British as suet pudding', `as French as wine and cheese'.
According to a lengthy hatchet job authored by Heather Koerner, the PTA seems to be "as American as apple pie" but is really a high-powered lobbying organization that promotes political correctness and a liberal agenda.
This attraction for the spiritual value of work is as American as apple pie. But Harper is about more than adding another brick to the glorified wall built around the self by the likes of Robert Frost to signal rugged individualism.
Have you ever heard the saying "as American as apple pie?" Apples are America's favorite fruit to eat.
And one of them is that amoral ambition is as American as apple pie and the Saturday Night Special.
The varied voices and experiences that make up this collection strike one common chord sung succinctly by Suheir Hammad (India): "I will never be as American as apple pie." Yet, this realization is not to be seen as loss or with regret.