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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across the pond »
On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
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admiral of the blue »
A landlord or publican wearing a blue apron, as was formerly the custom among men of that vocation.
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against the grain »
To sand or plane a piece of wood parallel or nearly parallel to the fibers such that splinters forming ahead of the tool originate below the cutting surface.
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all ears »
Awaiting an explanation.
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all in a day's work »
A nonchalant dismissal of a significant accomplishment.
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allow for »
To take into account when making plans.
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arse over tit »
Tumbling; falling; upside-down; unstable or unbalanced.
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as the crow flies »
In a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.
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asphalt jungle »
A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe.
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at a glance »
Upon cursory examination; an abbreviated review.
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at cross-purposes »
Mutually misunderstanding each other's plans, intentions or meanings.
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back down »
To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to.
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backfoot »
To put on the defensive; to put off balance.
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bad joke »
A situation that is badly planned, or illogical.
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