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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ace in the hole »
A hidden or secret strength, or unrevealed advantage.
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baggage »
In a metaphorical sense, factors that restrict a person's freedom, often in an intellectual or psychological way: emotional baggage.
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behind the eight ball »
At a disadvantage.
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bottle out »
To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage.
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bounce back »
To recover from a negative without seemingly any damage.
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catbird seat »
Expression used to describe an enviable position, often one of great advantage.
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come across »
To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image.
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consume mass quantities »
To eat or drink abundant amounts of food or beverage.
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cradle robber »
A person who marries or becomes romantically involved with someone who is much younger or who employs or otherwise engages a young person for a purpose inappropriate for his or her age.
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double Dutch »
Incomprehensible language.
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egg somebody on »
To tease, provoke or encourage.
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f** someone over »
To exploit somebody in a way which result in an advantage to oneself, at the cost of the other party gaining a considerable disadvantage.
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false friend »
A word in a foreign language bearing a deceptive resemblance to a word in one's own language.
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first port of call »
The first port that a vessel calls in at after the start of a voyage.
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