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not a pretty sight

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not a pretty sight

1. unpleasant to look at A state trooper guarding the crash site said, “It's not a pretty sight out there.”

2. very bad or unpleasant The first reviews of the new on-line magazine are in, and it's not a pretty sight.

See also: not, pretty, sight