look\ as\ if\ one\ has\ come\ out\ of\ a\ bandbox
- look\ as\ if\ one\ has\ come\ out\ of\ a\ bandbox
v. phr. informal
To look very clean and fresh; look as if you had just had a bath and put on all-new clothing.
In spite of the long, hot train ride, Jody arrived looking as if she had come out of a bandbox.
After a day at the rodeo we were all dusty and tired except for Hope, who looked as if she'd come out of a bandbox.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань".
Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс.
1997.
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look as if one has come out of a bandbox — {v. phr.}, {informal} To look very clean and fresh; look as if you had just had a bath and put on all new clothing. * /In spite of the long, hot train ride, Jody arrived looking as if she had come out of a bandbox./ * /After a day at the rodeo we … Dictionary of American idioms
look as if one has come out of a bandbox — {v. phr.}, {informal} To look very clean and fresh; look as if you had just had a bath and put on all new clothing. * /In spite of the long, hot train ride, Jody arrived looking as if she had come out of a bandbox./ * /After a day at the rodeo we … Dictionary of American idioms
as if one has come out of a bandbox — See: LOOK AS IF ONE HAS COME OUT OF A BANDBOX … Dictionary of American idioms
as if one has come out of a bandbox — See: LOOK AS IF ONE HAS COME OUT OF A BANDBOX … Dictionary of American idioms
as\ if\ one\ has\ come\ out\ of\ a\ bandbox — See: look as if one has come out of a bandbox … Словарь американских идиом
out of a bandbox — See: LOOK AS IF ONE HAS COME OUT OF A BANDBOX … Dictionary of American idioms
out of a bandbox — See: LOOK AS IF ONE HAS COME OUT OF A BANDBOX … Dictionary of American idioms
out\ of\ a\ bandbox — See: look as if one has come out of a bandbox … Словарь американских идиом
come — See: CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CROSS A BRIDGE BEFORE ONE COMES TO IT, EASY COME EASY GO, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED, GET WHAT S COMING TO ONE, HAVE IT COMING, HOW COME also HOW S COME, IF WORST COMES TO WORST, JOHNNY COME LATELY, KNOW ENOUGH TO… … Dictionary of American idioms
come — See: CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CROSS A BRIDGE BEFORE ONE COMES TO IT, EASY COME EASY GO, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED, GET WHAT S COMING TO ONE, HAVE IT COMING, HOW COME also HOW S COME, IF WORST COMES TO WORST, JOHNNY COME LATELY, KNOW ENOUGH TO… … Dictionary of American idioms