Question

Choose the correct meaning of the given phrase.
“Apple-pie-order”
a. Perfect orderly management
b. Marshal order
c. Arrangement of apples
d. Mismanagement
e. Suspension order

Answer 1

Hint: The phrase ‘apple-pie-order’ refers to ‘perfect order or neatness'. It is usually used as an idiom and it is a phrase that is commonly used in an informal manner, mostly in North America. Idioms are not to be taken literally, they are metaphorical.

Complete answer:
 An idiom is a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
For example, the phrases ‘bite the bullet’ and ‘beat around the bush’ are idioms in the English language.

The above phrase can be used in a sentence as follows:
For example, in the sentence ‘Everything was in apple-pie order’, meaning everything was neatly in order.

Now, we know what idioms are and we know the meaning of the given phrase. Let’s look at the given options:

a. perfect orderly management - This phrase is the exact meaning of the given phrase. It is the required meaning. So, this is the correct option.
b. marshal order - This phrase is not the exact meaning of the given phrase. It is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
c. arrangement of apples - This phrase is a very literal and wrong interpretation of the above phrase. It is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
d. mismanagement - This is not the exact meaning of the given phrase. It is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
e. suspension order - This is a completely unrelated meaning to the given phrase. It is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.

Note:
 Idioms are metaphorical and are not usually literal. Try to find the option that most resembles the meaning of the given idiom. Use it in a sentence to fully understand the context.