apple-pie order

noun
1.
excellent or perfect order:
Her desk is always in apple-pie order.
Origin
1770-80
British Dictionary definitions for apple-pie order

apple-pie order

noun
1.
(informal) perfect order or condition
Slang definitions & phrases for apple-pie order

apple-pie order

noun phrase

A condition of neatness, correctness, and propriety: Paul keeps the financial records in apple-pie order


Idioms and Phrases with apple-pie order

apple-pie order

Extreme neatness, as in David keeps his financial records in apple-pie order. This term is generally believed to be an English corruption of the French nappes pliées, “neatly folded linen.” [ Early 1600s ]