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smell like a tart's handbag

idiom
Meaning

To smell strongly of perfume.


Examples
SIMPLE

That room smells like a tart's handbag.

CONTEXTUAL

She sprayed so much cheap perfume that the whole office started to smell like a tart's handbag.

COMPLEX

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 other similar items; et cetera.

  2. 02

    be like

    To say.

  3. 03

    built like a brick outhouse

    Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.

  4. 04

    built like a brick shipyard

    Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.

  5. 05

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    Of a man, having a muscular body, particularly with well-developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals.

  6. 06

    do someone like that

    to treat someone in a negative manner

  7. 07

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    A very ugly face.

  8. 08

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    To give up easily; capitulate.

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