All Spruced Up In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "All Spruced Up", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Rachel Chau calendar 2021-07-31 12:07

Meaning of All Spruced Up

All Spruced Up phrase

Used to describe someone or something that becomes neat and clean after having been fixed up, dressed up or cleaned up

I was all spruced up for the first date, but she stood me up.

The house looks all spruced up after being covered with a coat of paint.

I was all spruced up for my job interview.

Other phrases about:

clean out

1. Make the inside of something clean or tidy

2. Spend so much money on something that one now has very little left

3. Take or use all the resource or money that a person or organization has

4. Remove parts or people to improve a group or organization

spic and span

Very clean and tidy.

not a hair out of place

Used to imply that a person's appearance is extremely neat and tidy

(as) fresh as a daisy

1. Used to describe someone that are alert, energetic, and enthusiastic, typically after some refreshing activity.

2. Extremely clean and neat, or well-kept.

Origin of All Spruced Up

This idiom is believed to derive from “Spruce leather” - a material used to make a style of jerkin which ended up being popular among the fashionable. And by the end of the 1500s, "spruce" was used to describe anyone fashionable or neat in appearance.

The Origin Cited:
error

Report Error

Do you see anything wrong?

Share your idioms

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

Submit An Idiom

Make a Donation!

Help us update and complete more idioms

Donate

TODAY
cast beyond the moon

To indulge unlikely or fantastical possibilities

Example:

He tends to cast beyond the moon, so his moniker is "dreamer".

Join the Newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest updates!

Darkmode