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Difference between In the picture and In the pictures

admin Confusing Phrases

in the picture —(coll.)

1. in an informed position:

  • OK, now that you’re one of us, I want you in the picture.

2. said of smth. probable or likely to happen:

  • I’d like to travel, but it doesn’t seem like it’s in the picture for a year or so.

3. involved in a situation:

  • If there were no children in the picture, he couldn’t understand why she didn’t just leave the man.

in the pictures —(coll.) in the movies:

  • She had not the slightest wish to marry anybody from Lowdham Street…. No, she wanted some kind of Prince Charming like they had in the pictures.