a blot on the landscape

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. I can't believe they're building a storage facility on that open field. Talk about a blot on the landscape! No one can build on this land, so you don't have to worry about a blot on the landscape coming in the future and blocking your ocean view.

See also: blot, landscape, on

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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. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

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

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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

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