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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all kidding aside »
Used to attempt to make a serious point in a jocular conversation.
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all over grumble »
Unsatisfactory.
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all things come to those who wait »
(dated) A patient seeker will be satisfied in due time; patience is a virtue.
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all-over oneself »
Feeling self-satisfied.
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almighty dollar »
The dollar, satirically characterized as a being a god.
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Apa Sâmbetei »
Saturday's waters.
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brain-dead »
Having an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.
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break up »
Of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection.
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bring in »
To introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation.
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bring in »
To introduce a person or group of people to an organisation.
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bum rap »
A false accusation, or an injustice, especially one that leads to imprisonment.
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cat that ate the canary »
A person who appears self-satisfied or smug, especially while concealing something mischievous, prohibited, or private.
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cat that ate the canary »
A person whose appearance and behavior suggest guilt mixed with other qualities, such as satisfaction or feigned nonchalance.
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cat's meow »
A self-satisfied person.
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