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chocolate-box

chocolate-box adjective Brit. (of a view or picture ) pretty in a conventional or idealized way: chocolate-box cottages lining narrow streets. ORIGIN from the use of attractive images to decorate boxes of chocolates.

 

Oxford Dictionary

chocolate-box

chocolate-box adjective Brit. (of a view or picture ) pretty in a conventional or idealized way: chocolate-box cottages lining narrow streets. ORIGIN from the use of attractive images to decorate boxes of chocolates.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

chocolate-box

ch colate-b x 形容詞 名詞 の前で 〗(チョコレートの箱の絵のように )美しくメルヘンチックなだけの 〈景色 絵など 〉.