| 单词 | spit and polish |
| 释义 | spit and polishSEE SYNONYMS FOR spit and polish ON THESAURUS.COM noungreat care in maintaining smart appearance and crisp efficiency: The commander was concerned more with spit and polish than with the company's morale. OTHER WORDS FROM spit and polishspit-and-polish [spit-n-pol-ish], /ˈspɪt nˈpɒl ɪʃ/, adjectiveWords nearby spit and polishspiry, spissatus, spissitude, spit, spital, spit and polish, spitball, spitballer, spitchcock, spit curl, spite Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spit and polish
British Dictionary definitions for spit and polishspit and polish nouninformal punctilious attention to neatness, discipline, etc, esp in the armed forces Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with spit and polishspit and polish Close attention to appearance and order, as in With a little spit and polish this house will sell very quickly. This expression originated in the military, presumably alluding to literally shining up something with the aid of a little saliva. There it also came to mean “too much attention to appearance, and not enough to more important concerns,” as in The commander is so concerned with spit and polish that he overlooks the crew's morale. [Late 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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