subs. (colloquial).—A model; a pattern; a beau-ideal: as ‘a PICTURE of health,’ ‘a perfect PICTURE’—child, horse, and so forth: also ironically, e.g., a pretty PICTURE = a strange figure.
NOT IN THE PICTURE, phr. (colloquial).—Strange; inappropriate; better away; and (racing) unplaced.
See also LAWFUL PICTURES.
