spic

noun

/spɪk/

(especially North American English, taboo, slang)Idioms

a very offensive word for a person from a country where Spanish is spoken, for example a Mexican or Puerto Rican西班牙语区的人（如墨西哥人或波多黎各人，有强烈冒犯意）
词源early 20th cent.: abbreviation of US slang spiggoty, in the same sense, of uncertain origin: perhaps an alteration of speak the in ‘no speak the English’.

Idioms

spic and span

(also spick and span)

[not usually before noun] neat and clean整洁干净；清清爽爽
- Their house is always spic and span.他们的房子总是干净整洁。
More Like This Alliteration in idioms
Alliteration in idioms
- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane

词汇	spic
释义	spic noun /spɪk/ /spɪk/ (especially North American English, taboo, slang)Idioms a very offensive word for a person from a country where Spanish is spoken, for example a Mexican or Puerto Rican西班牙语区的人（如墨西哥人或波多黎各人，有强烈冒犯意）词源early 20th cent.: abbreviation of US slang spiggoty, in the same sense, of uncertain origin: perhaps an alteration of speak the in ‘no speak the English’. Idioms spic and span (also spick and span) [not usually before noun] neat and clean整洁干净；清清爽爽 Their house is always spic and span.他们的房子总是干净整洁。 More Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms belt and braces black and blue born and bred chalk and cheese chop and change done and dusted down and dirty in dribs and drabs eat somebody out of house and home facts and figures fast and furious first and foremost forgive and forget hale and hearty hem and haw kith and kin mix and match part and parcel puff and pant to rack and ruin rant and rave risk life and limb short and sweet signed and sealed spic and span through thick and thin this and that top and tail tried and tested wax and wane
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