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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baptism by fire »
A change in initial attitude or ideals through a traumatic situation.
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bluewash »
To tout a business or organization's commitment to social responsibility, and to use this perception for public relations and economic gain; to present a humanitarian front in this manner.
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bridge »
The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
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clay »
The material of the human body.
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cut a wide swath »
To clear a broad track through a grassland, woodland, geographical region, or other area, either by natural means or by human action.
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deliver the message to Garcia »
Programmers are consistently dehumanized because so many do indeed deliver the message to Garcia only to be at best ignored.
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end of the world »
End of humanity.
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fire hose »
The human penis.
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hardwired »
In humans and animals, genetically determined, instinctive behavior, as opposed to learned behavior.
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knacker's yard »
That area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue.
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long pork »
Human flesh.
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longpig »
Human flesh when cooked in cannabalistic rituals in certain Pacific Islands, due to the allegeded similarity to cooked pork.
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man is man to man »
The human is a human for itself
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naked ape »
A human being.
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outside world »
The world external to the human mind.
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rediscover fire »
To relearn fundamental concepts, principles or practices that had been previously well known and widely practiced at a prior time in human society.
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second childhood »
A childlike state in any adult, resulting from mental illness, trauma, or other conditions.
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second-guess »
Presumably from trying to guess with second sight.
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second-guess »
Presumably from trying to improve with a second stab.
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the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak »
(proverbs) For much as one wishes to achieve something, the frailties of the human body often make it impossible.
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to err is human »
Everyone makes mistakes.
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valley of the shadow of death »
Valleys on earth one must walk through, that is, part of the human experience.
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wild horses »
A force not subject to human control and normally stronger than a man.
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world »
Human collective existence; existence in general.
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