Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Please help me understand the following phrase/idiom: "to be a scrubbed up a treat"
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Hi, Please help me understand the following phrase/idiom: "to be a scrubbed up a treat" 'Scrubbed up' - without context, I take this to mean 'cleaned' or 'washed'. This use of 'a treat' is British slang. It is an intensifier, meaning roughly 'very nicely'.
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Hi,
Please help me understand the following phrase/idiom: "to bea scrubbed up a treat"
'Scrubbed up' - without context, I take this to mean 'cleaned' or 'washed'.
This use of 'a treat' is British slang. It is an intensifier, meaning roughly 'very nicely'.
Hence, 'to be cleaned very nicely'.
Clive
Please help me understand the following phrase/idiom: "to be
'Scrubbed up' - without context, I take this to mean 'cleaned' or 'washed'.
This use of 'a treat' is British slang. It is an intensifier, meaning roughly 'very nicely'.
Hence, 'to be cleaned very nicely'.
Clive
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