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English Idioms :: apple
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apple.html - See: POLISH THE APPLE. |
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English Idioms :: apple polishing
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apple.html - {n.}, {slang} Trying to win someone's good-will by small acts currying favor; the behavior of an apple polisher. * /When John I brought his teacher flowers, everyone thought he was apple polishing./ |
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English Idioms :: apple of one's eye
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apple.html - {n. phr.} Something or someone that is adored; a cherished person or object. * /Charles is the apple of his mother's eye./ * /John's first car was the apple of his eye. He was always polishing it./ |
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English Idioms :: apple polishing
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apple.html - See: POLISH THE APPLE. |
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English Idioms :: apple-pie order
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apple.html - {n. phr.}, {informal} Exact orderly arrangement, neatness; tidy arrangement. * /The house was in apple-pie order./ * /Like a good secretary, she kept the boss's desk in apple-pie order./ |
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English Idioms :: applecart
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apple.html - See: UPSET THE APPLECART or UPSET ONE'S APPLECART. |
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