something that spoils the scenery; something that spoils an earlier comfortable situation
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A blot on the landscape Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Meaning
Something that spoils the view or ruins a previously comfortable situation.
Origin
T.E. Lawrence used it in a letter in 1912. Tom Sharpe published a novel - 'Blott on the Landscape' in 1975.
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Origin
T.E. Lawrence used it in a letter in 1912. Tom Sharpe published a novel - 'Blott on the Landscape' in 1975.
