leave little to the imagination

leave little to the imagination
not leave much/leave little/to the imagination phrase
to show or describe so much of something that people do not have to imagine what the rest is like This expression is used especially for talking about sex or about people who show parts of their bodies

a very low-cut dress that didn’t leave much to the imagination

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Main entry: imagination

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leave nothing/little to the imagiˈnation idiom
(of clothes) to allow more of sb's body to be seen than usual

Her tight-fitting dress left nothing to the imagination.

Main entry:imaginationidiom

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