English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions 

BEAUTY and APPEARANCE

Idioms relating to beauty and physical appearance   
from:  'cut a dash'   to:  'five o'clock shadow'

• cut a dash
  • If a person cuts a dash, they make a striking impression by their appearance and attractive clothes.
    "Wearing his uniform, my grandfather cut a dash on his wedding day."
    
    
• cut a fine figure
  • Someone who cuts a fine figure is admired because they are well-dressed and look elegant. (Usually refers to a man.)
    "Tony cut a fine figure when he arrived in his new suit.”
    
    
• deck out
  • If you deck out someone or something, you dress or decorate them in a special way.
    "Paul decked out his car for the occasion."
    
    
• dressed to kill
  • When someone, especially a woman, is dressed to kill, they are wearing very fashionable or glamorous clothes intended to attract attention.
    "She arrived at the reception dressed to kill."
    
    
• dressed up to the nines
  • Someone who is dressed up to the nines is wearing very smart or glamorous clothes.
    "Caroline must be going to a party - she's dressed up to the nines."
    
    
• down at heel
  • A person who is down-at-heel is someone whose appearance is untidy or neglected because of lack of money.
    "The down-at-heel student I first met became a successful writer."
    
    
• easy on the eyes
  • Someone who is easy on the eyes is attractive, good-looking, beautiful or handsome.
    "All Jack had to say about the new recruit was that she was easy on the eyes!”
    
    
• face like a bulldog chewing a wasp
  • To say that someone has a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp means that you find them very unattractive because they have a screwed-up ugly expression on their face.
    "Not only was he rude but he had a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp!"
    
    
• face only a mother could love
  • This is a humoristic way of saying that someone is ugly or unattractive.
    "The poor guy has a face only a mother could love."
    
    
• face that would stop a clock
  • This is a humoristic way of saying that someone is ugly or unattractive.
    "You'll recognize him - he's tall and thin, with a face that would stop a clock!"
    
    
• five o'clock shadow
  • This expression refers to a patch of stubble on the face of a man who hasn't shaved for at least a day.
    "He looked tired and had a five o'clock shadow."