a picture paints a thousand words »
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!
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absence makes the heart grow fonder »
When someone or something is faraway, you realise how much you love (or miss) them or it.
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abstract nonsense »
Details which involve diagram chasing.
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bet the farm »
To be absolutely certain, to have no doubts.
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black »
Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and colourless.
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blue moon »
Something absurd.
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crab mentality »
A way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you." The metaphor refers to a pot of crabs in which one tries to escape over the side, but is relentlessly pulled down by the others in the pot.
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darn tootin' »
Absolute, utter, complete, very.
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darn tootin' »
Absolutely correct; speaking the truth.
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dead »
: So hated by that they are absolutely ignored.
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diplomatic flu »
An illness feigned by one or more government officials or other public figures as an excuse for an absence really based on political reasons.
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dribs and drabs »
A series of negligible amounts.
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fill in »
To fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed.
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free rein »
The absence of constraints; freedom to make decisions.
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golf widow »
A woman who is deprived of her husband's time and attention due to his regular absence in order to play golf.
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hold the fort »
To assume responsibility, especially in another’s absence..
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Horsefeathers »
Absolute nonsense; poppycock
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keep tabs on »
To monitor; to keep track of; to watch.
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lip service »
Empty talk; words absent of action or intention.
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long absent, soon forgotten »
Love fades away when people are distant and don't keep close physical contact.
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never in a million years »
Absolutely not.
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no-show »
An absence; somebody who doesn't show up or a failure to show up.
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not a chance »
Absolutely not; no way.
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not a sausage »
Absolutely nothing, none of something.
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not on your life »
Absolutely not; under no circumstances.
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not on your tintype »
An answer indicating outright rejection or denial; no way; absolutely not.
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off the wagon »
No longer maintaining a program of self-improvement or abstinence from an undesirable habit, especially drinking alcohol.
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off-the-wall »
Wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd.
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on the uptake »
In understanding or in the ability to absorb new information; especially in the phrases "quick on the uptake" and "slow on the uptake".
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on the wagon »
By extension, maintaining a program of self-improvement or abstinence from some other undesirable habit.
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over my dead body »
Under no circumstances; absolutely not.
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pass the buck »
To transfer responsibility or blame from oneself onto another; to absolve oneself of concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.
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play hookey »
To be absent without permission, especially from school.
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power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely »
The corrupting influence of power is total when one's power is total.Lord Acton see: Wikiquote
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rule with an iron fist »
To rule with absolute authority or to the detriment of the people. To rule tyrannically.
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run off with »
To steal or abscond.
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shake the pagoda tree »
To find a source of easy enrichment; to become absurdly rich in a short time.
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soak up »
Absorb.
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stand back »
To abstain from participation.
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stew in one's juices »
To be alone and self-absorbed in an uncomfortable state of mind, especially while experiencing the unpleasant effects of one's own actions.
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suck up »
To absorb fluid.
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sure as eggs is eggs »
Absolutely certain.
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take away »
To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
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take in »
To absorb or comprehend.
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take off »
To absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission.
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the pick of the litter »
The absolute best one has to offer.
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touch%C3%A9 »
An acknowledgement of the success, appropriateness or superiority of an argument, sometimes used sarcastically to mock one's opponent's absurd logic.
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under erasure »
Of a bit of text, written and strickenthrough; hence, figuratively in some sense both present and absent.
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up for grabs »
Available for anyone to obtain, claim or win.
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vote with one's feet »
To show a lack of support for something by departing or otherwise absenting oneself.
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wash one's hands of »
To absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for.
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when the cat's away »
People are likely to take advantage of the absence of authority or enforcement of compliance.
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when the cat's away the mice will play »
In the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances.
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