smell like a tart's handbag

== English == === Verb === smell like a tart's handbag (third-person singular simple present smells like a tart's handbag, present participle smelling like a tart's handbag, simple past and past participle smelt like a tart's handbag or smelled like a tart's handbag) (UK, idiomatic, slang, derogatory, simile) To smell strongly of perfume. Synonyms: smell like a tart's boudoir, smell like a tart's bedroom, smell like a tart's handkerchief ==== See also ==== done up like a dog's dinner