Spick and span
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 20Meaning
Neat and clean
हिंदी अर्थ
एकदम साफ़ सुथरा
Example sentences
The record room was spick and span after ten hours.
Radhika keeps her study table spick and span.
Daily use: Room spick and span tha.
इन Exams में पूछा गयाAsked in
SSC CGL Pre 2021SSC Exams before 2018
Memory trick · Prashant Sir
दोनों शब्द 'sp' से शुरू होते हैं, जैसे spotless और sparkling। जो कमरा spotless और sparkling हो, वह spick and span है, यानी एकदम साफ़-सुथरा।
Both words begin with 'sp', just like 'spotless' and 'sparkling'. A room that is spotless and sparkling is spick and span: neat and clean.
Exam note
बहुत बार पूछा गया है। Options में इसके क़रीब 'immaculate' (बेदाग़), 'neat and tidy' और उल्टे 'shambles' (अव्यवस्था), 'filth' (गंदगी) आते हैं।
Asked many times. Close options: 'immaculate', 'neat and tidy', 'orderliness'; opposites offered are 'shambles' and 'filth'.