painting by numbers meaning
EN- NounSUF-ers
- A recreation in which a board containing a picture to be painted is made up of numbered areas, each number corresponding to a colour of paint to be applied.
- A recreation in which a board containing a picture to be painted is made up of numbered areas, each number corresponding to a colour of paint to be applied.
Definition of painting by numbers in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this idiom "painting by numbers" is a noun, more specifically, a singularia tantum.