"laid comme un pou" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /lɛ kɔm œ̃ pu/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-laid comme un pou.wav Forms: laide comme un pou [feminine], laids comme des poux [masculine, plural], laides comme des poux [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Literally, “ugly as a louse”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|ugly as a louse}} “ugly as a louse”, {{lit|ugly as a louse}} Literally, “ugly as a louse” Head templates: {{fr-adj|fp=laides comme des poux|mp=laids comme des poux}} laid comme un pou (feminine laide comme un pou, masculine plural laids comme des poux, feminine plural laides comme des poux)
  1. (simile) ugly as sin; looking like the back end of a bus (extremely ugly) Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: laid comme le péché
    Sense id: en-laid_comme_un_pou-fr-adj-QuBPkr-H Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French similes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "word": "beau comme un dieu"
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      ],
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        }
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