A blot on the landscape is something ugly that spoils an otherwise fine view. A blot on the landscape for forty years.
It is said of buildings and of pylons more than anything else. What counts as a blot on the landscape changes, since the mills people once hated are now listed.
1phraseblot on the landscapeSomething ugly that spoils an otherwise fine view.
“The empty hotel was a blot on the landscape from every road in.”
blot on the landscape is a phrase.
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