landscape
Related to landscape: Landscape ecology
a blot on the landscape
Something that is considered unattractive that covers up or otherwise takes away from the value of something attractive. Although many people say that they want clean energy, they argue that miles of turbines on wind farms are a blot on the landscape.
See also: blot, landscape, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
blot on the landscape
Fig. a sight that spoils the look of a place. That monstrosity you call a house is a blot on the landscape. You should have hired a real architect!
See also: blot, landscape, on
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
a blot on the landscape
If a building or other structure is a blot on the landscape, it is very ugly and spoils a place which is otherwise attractive. The power station is both a blot on the landscape and a smear on the environment. Urban cemeteries, it seems to me, are blots on the landscape.
See also: blot, landscape, on
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
a blot on the landscape
something ugly that spoils the appearance of a place; an eyesore. 1962 Listener Charabancs and monstrous hordes of hikers are blots upon the landscape.
See also: blot, landscape, on
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
a blot on the ˈlandscape
a thing, especially an ugly building, that spoils the appearance of a place: That power station is rather a blot on the landscape.See also: blot, landscape, on
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- a blot on the landscape
- a bird in hand
- a bird in the hand
- a/the feel of (something)
- (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
- a straw will show which way the wind blows
- a crack at (someone or something)
- all right
- (you) wanna make something of it?
- all for the best