| 单词 | a place for everything and everything in its place |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa place for everything and everything in its place a. a place for everything and everything in its place and variants: (alluding to) a thoroughly tidy, orderly, or well-organized situation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > in (proper) order [phrase] > tidy a place for everything and everything in its place1842 1842 F. Marryat Masterman Ready II. i. 9 In a well-conducted man-of-war..every thing is in its place, and there is a place for every thing. 1854 Sharp in Househ. Words 25 Nov. 340/1 All are carefully stowed away, according to the homely Teresa Tidy maxim, which is the soul of military arrangements—a place for everything, and everything in its place. 1875 S. Smiles Thrift v. 66 Order is most useful in the management of everything... Its maxim is—A place for everything, and everything in its place. 1949 J. P. Marquand Point of No Return iii. ii. 498 There was a place for everything in Clyde and everything was in its place. 1993 C. Tilley Interpretative Archaeol. 19 To think in terms of the rhizome rather than the tree..requires questioning grand theory with a place for everything and everything in its place. < as lemmas |
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