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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against all odds »
Despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability.
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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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angel's advocate »
Someone who sees what's good about an idea and supports it.
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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 clock »
All the time or seemingly all the time; constantly.
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at will »
At one's preference; as one sees fit.
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autem diver »
Pickpockets who practice in churches; also churchwardens and overseers of the poor.
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badge bunny »
A woman who is romantically attracted to police officers and who seeks out their companionship.
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be glad to see the back of »
To be glad to get rid of someone; to be glad someone has left.
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best of both worlds »
A combination of two seemingly contradictory benefits.
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bid fair »
seem probable
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bid fair »
seems probable
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bounce back »
To recover from a negative without seemingly any damage.
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bridge »
An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
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