still life

still life {n. phr.}

A term used by artists to describe a motionless picture of a bowl of fruit, flowers, etc.

One of van Gogh's most famous still lifes is a vase of yellow flowers.

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[life] See: [BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH], [BIG AS LIFE], [CAT HAS NINE LIVES], [CHARMED LIFE], [COME ALIVE OT COME TO LIFE], [FACTS OF LIFE], [FOR DEAR LIFE], [FOR THE LIFE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[charmed life] {n.} A life often saved from danger; a life full of lucky escapes. * /He was in two airplane accidents, but he had a charmed life./ * /During […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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