look a picture

look a picture
to look beautiful, interesting, or funny

You should have seen her face when she told him: it was an absolute picture!

Thesaurus: to be or look attractivesynonym beautiful
Main entry: picture

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be/look a ˈpicture idiom
to look very beautiful or special

The garden looks a picture in the summer.

Main entry:pictureidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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