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picture Ⅰ noun a beautiful person or thing. Often in the phrase 'pretty as a picture' UK, 1815.► get the pictureto understand a situation UK, 1938.► in the pictureaware of what is going on UK, 1900 Ⅱ ⇨ picture card; picture noun in a deck of playing cards, any jack, queen or king US, 1961
idiompictureget the picturespoken to understand a situation that someone is describing or explaining:Not only has the film been remade, but now there are T-shirts, posters - well, you get the picture.I eat some chocolate, I gain weight, my clothes don't fit, I'm unhappy, so I eat. Get the picture?look a picture BrEBrEold-fashioned to look very pretty or attractive:You look a picture, love, like one of those girls on TV.look at the big pictureto understand the whole of a situation and not just some of the details:Jerry should look at the big picture before he starts criticizing the team.The ideal candidate for the job should be able to look at the big picture and prioritize work.big-picture: Susie Richardson says she's taken a big-picture view of her problems.out of the pictureused in order to say that someone or something is no longer involved in a situation:Of course Cheryl's out of the picture now, so we'll need a new auditor.The FBI had dropped out of the picture, and left the investigation to the police.opposite in the picture: It would have been much more difficult to arrest Cadwell if his girlfriend hadn't been in the picture. —see also put sb in the picturepaint a rosy picture (of sth)to describe a situation as better than it really is:Just before independence, the leaders had painted a rosy picture of the future.Dexter's book paints a less rosy picture of social life in the last century.picture perfect AmEAmE(also picture-perfect)Perfect used in order to emphasize that a thing, event etc looks exactly the way you think it should:The most common question I am asked about turkey is how to roast it to get it picture perfect.Palmar Beach may look picture-perfect, but it has very heavy surf and a strong undertow. pretty as a pictureold-fashioned used in order to say that someone is very pretty:Andrea's mother dressed her in red and told her she looked pretty as a picture.put sb in the pictureto give someone information about a situation, so that they can understand it ◆ often used in business meetings:Let me just put you in the picture about what's been happening in the past month.It's important to let the local police know what you're doing, and keep them in the picture at all times. —see also out of the picture
See:- (as) pretty as a picture
- (one's) face is a picture
- a mixed picture
- a picture is worth a thousand words
- a picture of
- a picture paints a thousand words
- a/one side of the picture
- a/one side of the story
- a/one side of the story/picture
- be a picture
- be in the picture
- be out of the picture
- be the picture of (something)
- be the picture of health, happiness, etc.
- be/look a picture
- big picture
- Do I have to draw (you) a picture?
- Do I have to draw a picture?
- Do I have to draw you a picture?
- Do I have to paint (you) a picture?
- Do I have to paint a picture?
- Do I have to paint you a picture?
- Do I have to spell it out?
- every picture tells a story
- get the message
- Get the message?
- get the picture
- Get the picture?
- in the picture
- in the picture, be
- in/out of the picture
- keep (someone) in the picture
- look a picture
- one picture is worth a thousand words
- one picture paints a thousand words
- out of the picture
- paint a (some kind of) picture of (something)
- paint a black picture (of someone or something)
- paint a terrible, depressing, rosy, etc. picture
- picture (one) (doing something)
- picture (one) as (something)
- picture (someone or something) in(side) (of) (something)
- picture as
- picture in
- picture is worth a thousand words
- picture is worth a thousand words, one
- picture of
- picture of health
- picture of health, the
- picture perfect
- pretty as a picture
- put (someone) in the picture
- put someone in the picture
- put someone in the picture, to
- put/keep somebody in the picture
- take (one's) picture
- take a picture
- take a picture (of someone or something)
- take pictures
- the big picture
- the picture of (something)
- the picture of health
- the whole picture
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