storybook: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    USUKGeneral Englishinformalpejorative
    • Excessively idealized, romanticized, or sentimental in a way that resembles fictional tales rather than real life; unrealistically perfect.
    • Presenting persons, events, or relationships in a conventional or clichéd narrative form associated with children's stories or romances.

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    • Their relationship seemed storybook perfect, but they had their own challenges behind the scenes.

      Their relationship seemed storybook perfect, but they had their own challenges behind the scenes.

    • Mary dreamed of a storybook wedding with all the fairy-tale details, from the dress to the venue.

      Mary dreamed of a storybook wedding with all the fairy-tale details, from the dress to the venue.

    • It’s easy to get caught up in storybook ideas of success, but real life isn’t always so simple.

      It’s easy to get caught up in storybook ideas of success, but real life isn’t always so simple.

  • 2.

    USUKGeneral Englishneutral
    • Resembling illustrations or scenes from a storybook: picturesque, quaint, or charmingly arranged as if taken from a children's book.

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    • The village looked storybook charming with its quaint cottages and flower-filled gardens.

      The village looked storybook charming with its quaint cottages and flower-filled gardens.

    • They took a storybook stroll along the riverbank, surrounded by colorful autumn leaves.

      They took a storybook stroll along the riverbank, surrounded by colorful autumn leaves.

    • The artist’s painting captured a storybook scene of a cozy cabin nestled in the woods.

      The artist’s painting captured a storybook scene of a cozy cabin nestled in the woods.

Examples:

  • EN: More storybook nonsense.
    ES: Más tonterías de cuentos.
  • EN: And more storybook nonsense to boot.
    ES: Y por si fuera poco, más tonterías de libros infantiles.
  • EN: That's just storybook stuff about the rich boy and the poor girl not being able to marry.
    ES: Eso es un cuento sobre el chico rico y la chica pobre que no pueden casarse.
  • EN: When we get outta here, we're just gonna be a couple of ex-convicts... and that's not storybook stuff.
    ES: Cuando salgamos de aqui, sólo seremos un par de ex presidiarios... y eso no es parte de los cuentos.
  • EN: She's making storybook fairies out of us.
    ES: Está convirtiéndonos En personajes de cuentos.
  • EN: She's gonna get a kick outta seeing her storybook fairies come to life.
    ES: Le encantará... Ver cómo los personajes De sus cuentos cobran vida.
  • EN: I know you going to tell me that storybook romance doesn't happen anymore.
    ES: Sé que vas a decirme que las historias románticas ya no ocurren.
  • EN: The one you gave your storybook to.
    ES: Ése al que le diste tu cuento.
  • EN: Well, it looked just like a page out of a storybook and everything was hushed and still like your room at night after you've gone to sleep.
    ES: Parecía la página de un cuento... todo estaba en silencio y tranquilo... como tu habitación cuando estás durmiendo por la noche.
  • EN: More storybook nonsense.
    ES: Más tonterías de cuentos.
  • EN: And more storybook nonsense to boot.
    ES: Y por si fuera poco, más tonterías de libros infantiles.
  • EN: That's just storybook stuff about the rich boy and the poor girl not being able to marry.
    ES: Eso es un cuento sobre el chico rico y la chica pobre que no pueden casarse.
  • EN: When we get outta here, we're just gonna be a couple of ex-convicts... and that's not storybook stuff.
    ES: Cuando salgamos de aqui, sólo seremos un par de ex presidiarios... y eso no es parte de los cuentos.
  • EN: She's making storybook fairies out of us.
    ES: Está convirtiéndonos En personajes de cuentos.
  • EN: She's gonna get a kick outta seeing her storybook fairies come to life.
    ES: Le encantará... Ver cómo los personajes De sus cuentos cobran vida.
  • EN: I know you going to tell me that storybook romance doesn't happen anymore.
    ES: Sé que vas a decirme que las historias románticas ya no ocurren.
  • EN: The one you gave your storybook to.
    ES: Ése al que le diste tu cuento.
  • EN: Well, it looked just like a page out of a storybook and everything was hushed and still like your room at night after you've gone to sleep.
    ES: Parecía la página de un cuento... todo estaba en silencio y tranquilo... como tu habitación cuando estás durmiendo por la noche.
  • EN: It's like a picture in a storybook.
    ES: Es como el dibujo en un libro de cuentos.
  • EN: Emma, this is storybook.
    ES: Emma, eso sólo pasa en los cuentos.
  • EN: This is still storybook.
    ES: Sigue siendo un cuento de hadas.
  • EN: That love business is strictly storybook stuff.
    ES: Eso del amor es cosa de libro de cuentos.
  • EN: What I got to tell you ain't no storybook stuff.
    ES: Lo que te vengo a contar no es cosa de libro de cuentos.
  • EN: Marriages can work without storybook love.
    ES: Se puede tener éxito en el matrimonio sin amor romántico.

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