a camel is a horse designed by a committee »
An expression critical of committees
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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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across the board »
A racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third.
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across the board »
Pertaining to all categories or things.
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across the pond »
On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
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air rage »
Disruptive behaviour on an aircraft.
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all it's cracked up to be »
As good as claims or reputation would suggest.
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all over hell's half acre »
All over the place; everywhere.
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all the rage »
Very fashionable and popular, like a craze.
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and change »
And some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number.
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and counting »
Used to show that the number previously mentioned is continuously changing, i.e. increasing or decreasing.
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arm candy »
An attractive, seemingly romantic companion who accompanies a person in public simply so that one or both of the individuals can gain attention, enhance social status, or create an impression of sexual appeal.
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around the bend »
Crazy, insane.
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as if »
In mimicry of.
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