Phrases about looks(appearance)

1-cut a dash-

If a person cuts a dash, they make a striking impression by their appearance and attractive clothes.
Wearing his uniform, my grandfather cut a dash on his wedding day.

2-deck out-

If you deck out someone or something, you dress or decorate them in a special way.
Paul decked out his car for the occasion.

3-dressed to kill-

When someone, especially a woman, is dressed to kill, they are wearing very fashionable or glamorous clothes intended to attract attention.
She arrived at the reception dressed to kill.

4-dressed up to the nines-

Someone dressed up to the nines is wearing very smart or glamorous clothes.
Caroline must be going to a party - she's dressed up to the nines.

5-down at heel-

A person who is down-at-heel is someone whose appearance is untidy or neglected because of lack of money.
The down-at-heel student I first met became a successful writer.

6-face like a bulldog chewing a wasp-

To say that someone has a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp means that you find them very unattractive because they have a screwed-up ugly expression on their face.
Not only was he rude but he had a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp!

7-face only a mother could love-

This is a humoristic way of saying that someone is ugly or unattractive.
The poor guy has a face only a mother could love.

8-face that would stop a clock-

Someone who has a face that would stop a clock has a shockingly unattractive face.
You'll recognize him - he's tall and thin, with a face that would stop a clock!

9-five o'clock shadow-

This expression refers to a patch of stubble on the face of a man who hasn't shaved for at least a day.
He looked tired and had a five o'clock shadow.

10-not a hair out of place-

To say that someone does not have a hair out of place means that their appearance is perfect.
Angela is always impeccably dressed - never a hair out of place!

11-look a sight-

If a person looks a sight, their appearance is awful, unsuitable or very untidy.
She looks a sight in that dress!

12-look like a million dollars-

If you look like a million dollars, you look extremely good.
With a tan and a new hairstyle she looked a million dollars!

13-mutton dressed as lamb-

This expression refers to a middle-aged woman who tries to look younger by dressing in clothes designed for younger people.
The style doesn't suit her - it has a mutton-dressed-as-lamb effect on her!

14-pretty as a picture-

Someone who is (as) “pretty as a picture’ is very attractive or appealing in appearance.
The young bride looked (as) pretty as a picture in her beautiful dress.

15-all skin and bone-

If someone is all skin and bone, they are very thin or too thin.
After trekking in the Himalayas, he was all skin and bone.

16- thin on the top-

If someone, usually a man, is thin on the top, they are losing their hair or going bald.
Dad's gone a bit thin on the top in the last few years.

17-ugly as sin-

This expression is used to refer to people or things that are considered to be very unattractive.
Have you seen the new neighbour's dog? It's as ugly as sin!

18-vertically challenged-

This term is a humoristic way of referring to someone who is not very tall.
High shelves are difficult for vertically challenged shoppers.

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