idioms involving “ picture”

Not a pretty picture

A bad situation

“The supervisor and the team leader were screaming at each other; it was not a pretty picture.”

Picture (something)

To imagine (something)

“Takada-san yelled at the boss? I just can’t picture it.”

Get (someone) in the picture

To get someone involved

“This team isn’t going to meet the deadline unless we get Sakurai-san in the picture.”

Make quite a picture

To look silly

“The man chasing the dog that was chasing the cat made quite a picture.”

As pretty as a picture

Beautiful

“Did you see Yano-san’s two children playing in the park? They were as pretty as a picture.”