homely as a hedge fence

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释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having no physically attractive characteristics, but not blatantly ugly; very plain in appearance.

    美国 过时 习语

    "I must have a husband!" said Miss Crooks, "what shall I do? Here I am hard upon my 25th year, and they say I am as homely as a hedge fence to boot! what shall I do?"

    This Subaru station wagon was as homely as a hedge fence and cramped as a corn crib, but it was the immediate hit of every ski town in the country.