model (someone or something) in (something)

model (someone or something) in (something)

To create a model figure of some person or thing in a given substance or medium. The artist models various characters from literature, film, and pop culture in scrap metal he collects from the junkyard at the edge of town. We'll model you with clay, and then use that model to create the statue.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

model something in something

to make a model of something in a particular substance. She modeled the figure in clay. I modeled a bear in modeling clay.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
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  • there is no there there
  • blank canvas
  • canvas
  • form and substance
  • beauty is more than skin deep
  • beauty is only skin deep
  • Beauty is only skin-deep
  • addict
  • addict (one) to (something)
  • addict to