Idiom
homely as a hedge fence
Meaning
Having no physically attractive characteristics, but not blatantly ugly; very plain in appearance.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That old wooden chair is as homely as a hedge fence.”
“The house was as homely as a hedge fence, but it felt warm and welcoming to everyone who visited.”
“While the village church was as homely as a hedge fence, its simple stone walls held centuries of quiet history.”
Examples
simple
“That old wooden chair is as homely as a hedge fence.”
contextual
“The house was as homely as a hedge fence, but it felt warm and welcoming to everyone who visited.”
complex
“While the village church was as homely as a hedge fence, its simple stone walls held centuries of quiet history.”
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