blank canvas
English
Etymology
By analogy with artists having a blank canvas and thus being able to do what they want with it.
Pronunciation
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Noun
blank canvas (plural blank canvases or blank canvasses)
- (idiomatic, figuratively) Something with no content, upon which one can easily impose one's point of view.
- After his ex-wife moved out, his life was a blank canvas.
Synonyms
- new canvas, empty canvas
- new page, empty page, blank page
- new sheet, empty sheet, blank sheet
- new leaf, empty leaf, blank leaf