look good on paper
хорошо смотреться на бумаге (но может быть неприемлемо на практике)
"Your project looks good on paper, but I am afraid in practice it will be good for nothing."
Другие идиомы:
- look high and low for (someone or something)
- look like the cat that swallowed the canary
- look on
- look the other way
- look to (someone)
- look like death warmed over
- look up (something)
- look out for (someone or something)
- look a gift horse in the mouth
- look for (something to happen)
- look into (something)
- look over one's shoulder
- look to (something)
- look at (someone) cross-eyed
- look like something the cat dragged in