apple-pie

基本解釋

His books are always in apple-pie order.
邁克爾是父親的掌上明珠。不能直譯。
bbs.yule.iciba.com
My mother always puts everything in apple-pie order.
我母親總是把所有東西都收拾得整整齊齊。
She thanks you by giving you a piece of delicious home-made apple pie. This happens several days in a row.
為了表示感謝，她贈給你一片美味的自制蘋果派，這在接下來的幾天里連續(xù)發(fā)生。

The little bit at the base is the Sherman Act of 1890, a motherhood-and-apple-pie affair that outlaws monopolies and attracted only one dissenting vote in its passage through Congress.
ECONOMIST: Beleaguered Microsoft
Sports fans may project an all-American image of baseball and apple pie, but they are bilking most of the population out of billions of dollars every year.
FORBES: Why The Tea Party Should Hate ESPN
Here, then, are the best kept secrets of successful women for you when you can break-away from baking your award winning apple pie, wrapping presents, or attending holiday movies.
FORBES: Best Kept Secrets of Success With Holiday Buying Guide

An apple pie is a kind of pie made with apples.
If you say that something is as American as apple pie, you mean that it is typically American.