
What Does “be no oil painting” mean?
Definition:
If someone is no oil painting, they are not good-looking.
Example(s)
She is very intelligent, but she’s no oil painting.
This idiom is in the art category.

If someone is no oil painting, they are not good-looking.
She is very intelligent, but she’s no oil painting.
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