apple-pie order


noun

excellent or perfect order: Her desk is always in apple-pie order.

Origin of apple-pie order

First recorded in 1770–80

British Dictionary definitions for apple-pie order

apple-pie order

noun

informal perfect order or condition

Idioms and Phrases with apple-pie order

apple-pie order

Extreme neatness, as in David keeps his financial records in apple-pie order. This term is generally believed to be an English corruption of the French nappes pliées, “neatly folded linen.” [Early 1600s]