apple-pie order

Frequency: 5.01.2 per million words

a state of perfect neatness and organization

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Examples (20)

  • My grandmother's kitchen was always in perfect apple-pie order.
  • The accounts were in apple-pie order.
  • She keeps her desk in apple-pie order, with every pen and paper in its place.
  • She kept her kitchen in apple-pie order at all times.
  • Before the guests arrive, I want this entire house in apple-pie order.
  • After the spring cleaning, the whole house was in apple-pie order.
  • The accountant ensured all the financial records were in apple-pie order for the audit.
  • His desk was always in apple-pie order, with every paper in its place.
  • He tried to keep his life in apple-pie order, but chaos always found a way in.
  • The librarian prided herself on keeping the books in apple-pie order.
  • The gardener prided himself on keeping the rose beds in apple-pie order.
  • Despite the chaotic meeting, the minutes were presented in apple-pie order.
  • Everything in the old library was in apple-pie order, from the card catalog to the shelves.
  • They found the secret documents arranged in apple-pie order in the safe.
  • Unlike his messy room, his comic book collection was kept in meticulous apple-pie order.
  • The garden was maintained in apple-pie order, not a single leaf out of place.
  • How do you manage to keep your workshop in such apple-pie order with all these projects?
  • Every file in the system was in apple-pie order, making it easy to find information.
  • After a week of spring cleaning, the whole apartment was finally in apple-pie order.
  • The children's toys were rarely in apple-pie order, much to their mother's dismay.