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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add fuel to the fire »
To worsen a conflict between people; to inflame an already tense situation.
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ahead of the game »
Having completed a task before it is due; ready, prepared, or anticipating.
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air out »
To expose to air; to leave open or spread out, as to allow odor or moisture to dissipate.
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all set »
Ready; prepared.
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at hand »
Readily available; within easy reach; nearby.
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at one's fingertips »
Readily available.
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at the ready »
Ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation.
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barrel »
A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
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bread and butter »
Bread spread with butter.
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bread and butter »
That which is central or fundamental, as to one's business, survival, or income; a staple or cornerstone.
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breadwinner »
The member of a household who earns all or most of the income
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brown bread »
Bread with a brown colour as distinct from white bread, wholemeal, granary or other specific types of bread.
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bury the lead »
To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.
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bury the lede »
To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.
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