【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】 .