spit and polish

orderliness; ceremonial precision and orderliness. I like spit and polish. It comes from being in the military. There is no such thing as too much spit and polish.

See also: and, polish, spit

spit and polish

cleaning and rubbing All it needed was a bit of spit and polish and we got it looking as good as new.

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spit 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]

See also: and, polish, spit

spit and polish

n. orderliness; ceremonial precision and orderliness. (Alludes to carefully polishing shoes to a high level of shine.) I like spit and polish. It comes from being in the military.

See also: and, polish, spit

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rebekka	re-BE-kah (German), RE-bek-kah (Finnish)	German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish, Biblical Greek
Jove	JOV (English)	Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
Dino	DEE-no (Italian)	Italian, Croatian
Ivor	IE-vawr (English), EE-vawr (English)	Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English (British)
Gerlach	KHER-lahkh (Dutch)	Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Premysl	-	Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)