That room smells like a tart's handbag.
smell like a tart's handbag
idiomTo smell strongly of perfume.
She sprayed so much cheap perfume that the whole office started to smell like a tart's handbag.
The small elevator was stifling, filled with a cloying floral scent that made the air smell like a tart's handbag.
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and the like
And other similar items; et cetera.
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be like
To say.
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built like a brick outhouse
Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.
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built like a brick shipyard
Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.
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built like a brick shithouse
Of a man, having a muscular body, particularly with well-developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals.
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do someone like that
to treat someone in a negative manner
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face like the back end of a bus
A very ugly face.
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fold like a cheap suit
To give up easily; capitulate.