neat as a pin
Spotlessly well-arranged
Neat as a pin describes something or someone extremely tidy, orderly, or well-groomed.
The comparison likely refers to a pin's clean, precise shape.
The phrase usually describes personal appearance or living spaces: Her grandmother's house was always neat as a pin.
It suggests careful attention to tidiness, sometimes implying old-fashioned primness.
- tidyFree from clutter
- orderlyArranged with care
- shipshapeOrderly and neat
- ship shapeNeat and well-organized
- well-keptMaintained in fine condition
spruce · immaculate · spick-and-span · spic and span · clean as a whistle · polished · scrubbed · crisp · trim · squeaky clean · pristine · spotless · bandbox · organized · sleek · exact · uncluttered · hygienic
- appearance idiomsall dolled up, dolled up, done up, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines
- cleanlinessclean, cleanliness, clean up, dirty, wash up
neat as a pinmessy
Lacking order or neatness
disheveled · untidy · cluttered · in disarray · chaotic
neat as a pindisheveled
Untidy in appearance
unkempt · slovenly · scruffy · rumpled · bedraggled
neat, neatly, neatness, neater, neatest, pin, pins, pinned, pinning