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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bum around »
To wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.
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bum chum »
A male’s homosexual partner..
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bum rap »
A false accusation, or an injustice, especially one that leads to imprisonment.
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bum rap »
An undeservedly unfavorable portrayal or reputation.
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bum rush »
Storming into an establishment.
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bum steer »
Bad advice, regardless of intention.
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bump and grind »
A combination of movements resembling such a dance, as in road racing, whitewater kayaking, or exercising; any activity involving prolonged jarring or shaking.
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bump and grind »
A sexually suggestive dance involving exaggerated hip movements, especially a striptease dance.
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bump into »
To collide with something.
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bump into »
To meet someone by chance.
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bump off »
To kill, especially to murder.
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bump up »
To increase something suddenly.
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bump up »
To promote a person to a higher grade.
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bump up »
To give a more prominent place to; to advance position in queue.
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