(as) bright as a new pin

(as) bright as a new pin

Clean, neat, and perhaps shiny. I expected Danny's student apartment to be a total mess, but it was bright as a new pin! Ella was sitting at my desk while I was out on vacation, and she left it bright as a new pin, thank goodness. I want you to wash the car and polish it till it shines as bright as a new pin!

See also: bright, new, pin

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*bright as a new pin

bright and clean; shiny. (*Also: as ~.) After Joe cleaned the house, it was as bright as a new pin. My kitchen floor is bright as a new pin since I started using this new floor wax.

See also: bright, new, pin

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