Idiom
smell like a tart's handbag
Meaning
To smell strongly of perfume.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That room smells like a tart's handbag.”
“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.”
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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