pretty as a picture

1. Very attractive, as in She looked pretty as a picture in her new hat. The noun picture alone was used to describe beautiful objects from the early 1800s on; this locution, however, dates from about 1900.

Example Sentences

The brown coconut sugar deepens the orange color of the potatoes and what you pull from the oven is as pretty as a picture.

From Salon

Fresh, simple and delicious, they're equally perfect packed in mason jars for a picnic, or dressed up and presented pretty as a picture in your mother's favorite Easter china for an elegant supper or brunch.

From Salon

Standing next to a specimen as revolting as DeSantis, Newsom looks pretty as a picture, and he knows it.

From Seattle Times

Every shot is framed, propped and scripted to be as pretty as a picture.

From New York Times

Oh’s surprising, idiosyncratic performance, as well as that of her Emmy-winning co-star, Jodie Comer — pretty as a picture as the assassin Villanelle, and far more volatile — were two reasons “Killing Eve” surged in popularity after a relatively modest, if critically heralded, debut in 2018.

From New York Times