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> お見合いの相手は、理想を絵に描いたような男性だった。

First part is something like: **_since he/she was/is an omiai partner_** or
**_since they met in omiai_** . I’m having difficulty in understanding the
second.

Explanation says:

> 理想を絵に描いたような is an idiomatic usage for one or something that suits something
> to a tee, that is “the very picture of~..”

I’d highly appreciate if you could help me with any simpler explanation.
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meaning nuances expressions
Please help with deciphering the meaning of this sentence
Actually the first part just says the topic of the sentence is `お見合いの相手`, `an
omiai partner`. I don't think there's any connection with `since`.

The second part you don't really need to already know the idiom to understand
it.

Let's focus on 理想を絵に描いたような. The parts before the ~ような is actually a clause by
itself. ような means **like** or **similar to**.

For that clause, the を particle tells is that 理想 is the direct object. What's
the verb for it? 描いた. So we know the clause's main action is 理想を描いた: `ideal(s)
depicted`.

Next, we need to figure out what 絵に means. The に here describes the target of
the clause: the depiction as/into a painting. 理想を絵に描いた thus means `An ideal
depicted as a painting`.

Then, 理想を絵に描いたような男性だった means

> A man who was like an ideal depicted as a painting

Using more idiomatic English, you might get something similar to the
explanation you were given. And if you connect it with the first part, you'll
see that the man that is being described is the omiai partner.
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