a treat
English
Etymology
Adverb
a treat (not comparable)
- (British English, colloquial) Very nicely or effectively.
- The plan worked a treat.
- That meal went down a treat.
| This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “If the etymology is correct, and this comes from "like a treat", then why is that latter phrase so vanishingly rare in print?” |
a treat (not comparable)