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a cat can look at a king » Search a cat can look at a king on Amazon!   Search a cat can look at a king on Google!
Alternative form of a cat may look at a king.1982, A J Ayer,  
a picture paints a thousand words » Search a picture paints a thousand words on Amazon!   Search a picture paints a thousand words on Google!
A visualisation is a better description than a verbal description.1971, David Gates (of Bread), If, from Manna album:If a picture paints a thousand wordsThen why can't I paint you;The words will never showThe you I've come to know.1989, Alan Kay, quoted in K?o-tung Huang, Timothy D. Huang, Introduction to Chinese, Japanese and Korean Computing, World Scientific, ISBN 9971506645, p. 9:Most human beings, no matter how familiar they are with abstract symbols, respond to voice and images better than written language. In other words, A picture paints a thousand words.2006, Paul Shakespeare, Building a Dune Buggy: The Essential Manual, ISBN 1904788734, p. 52:See accompanying diagram: a picture paints a thousand words, and all that! 
don't shit where you eat » Search don't shit where you eat on Amazon!   Search don't shit where you eat on Google!
(idiomatic, vulgar) One should not cause trouble in a place, group, or situation in which one regularly finds oneself.1998 April 14, Nelson Navarro, "Ever faithful, ever true," Manila Standard (Philippines) (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):The guiding principle is Don't shit where you eat. Office romances are always destructive of morale and objectivity.2003 Oct. 8, Jonathan Valania, "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Pussy," Philadelphia Weekly (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):Limbaugh was scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at the NAB convention in, of all places, Philadelphia, thus violating the cardinal law of the animal kingdom: Don't shit where you eat.2006 Sept. 19, Michael Musto, "NY Mirror," Village Voice (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):Mitchell refused to indulge in on-set romances with either gender. "You don't shit where you eat," he told me, plainly. 
eat someone out of house and home » Search eat someone out of house and home on Amazon!   Search eat someone out of house and home on Google!
C. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II Scene I. 
in for a dime, in for a dollar » Search in for a dime, in for a dollar on Amazon!   Search in for a dime, in for a dollar on Google!
Americanised form of in for a penny, in for a pound.1983, Allen Drury, Decision, p. 356:In for a dime, in for a dollar, he thought crazily, and said what he had to say in a voice he forced to stay level and calm.1998, Ellen Miller, Like Being Killed, p. 47:In for a dime, in for a dollar. I whispered to Gerry,  
in the twinkling of an eye » Search in the twinkling of an eye on Amazon!   Search in the twinkling of an eye on Google!
Circa 1598, William Shakespeare, "The Merchant Of Venice". 
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C. 1598, William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, act 3, sc. 1. 
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