look sharp

Meaning: To have a neat and orderly appearance (sentence 1) or to have a stylish appearance (sentence 2).

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Category: Daily Life

More idioms — Daily Life

• lose one's cool — To become angry.
• lose one's temper — To become suddenly angry. To hold one's temper means to remain calm when irritated.
• low man on the totem pole — The person of lowest rank.
• make a clean breast of it — To admit and explain some wrongdoing; to confess something.
• make a long story short — To summarize; to tell only the main points.
• make ends meet — To manage financially; to have enough money for one's basic needs.

More English idioms

• make heads or tails of something — To understand something.
• make or break — To be the deciding factor in whether something succeeds or fails.
• make something from scratch — To make something by putting together the separate basic components, rather than using a…
• make the grade — To meet standards; to be satisfactory.
• make tracks — To leave, usually quickly.
• mark time — To wait out one's time by doing the minimum and without progressing.

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