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./

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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 were all… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • 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

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