picture postcard

American  

noun

1. postcard.

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Etymology

Origin of picture postcard

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Not that the film is an idyllic picture postcard.

From Barron's

“From my living-room window as I write,” she assures her readers, “I can look out across the broad front lawns of our farm… like a lovely picture postcard of wintry New England.”

From Salon

The Number 38 bus service threads a north-south path through Edinburgh, far from the picture postcard version of Scotland's capital.

From BBC

Nor had the children received so much as a picture postcard from Penelope, though she too wrote to them daily.

From Literature

As it turned out, the cook had once seen a lovely picture postcard of Budapest, and the beauty and blueness of the Danube River had left her curious about Hungarian cuisine ever since.

From Literature