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!
|
ballpoint pen »
writing implement
|
bash out »
To write something very quickly, without much thought.
|
dash off »
To write quickly or informally.
|
drop somebody a line »
To write, call or visit somebody.
|
drop the writ »
To call a federal or provincial election.
|
fire off »
To write a note or letter quickly.
|
handwriting on the wall »
Alternative form of writing on the wall. A divine prediction or sentence to fate.
|
hang paper »
To write a bad check.
|
hot off the presses »
Freshly printed, minted, written, or created.
|
in black and white »
Explicitly, in writing, clearly and without doubt or misunderstanding, without any grey areas.
|
in Dutch »
Written or spoken in the dutch language.
|
it's about time »
Used to express impatience at the eventual occurrence of something that the speaker or writer considered to be long overdue.
|
little pitchers have big ears »
Small children often overhear more of what is said than adults realize or desire.1844, Charlotte M. Yonge, Abbeychurch, ch. 2:Seeing me listening to something she was saying to Mamma, she turned round upon me with that odious proverb, "Little pitchers have long ears."1939, "Bedtime Bedlam," Time, 17 Apr.:A caution to U. S. parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears.2002, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, ISBN 9780743455961, p. 185:I suppose he might say pushed or went woowoo, but took a shit is, I fear, very much in the ballpark (little pitchers have big ears, after all).
|
mark down »
To write a memorandum about.
|
not touch something with a ten foot pole »
Ambrose Bierce , The Fiend's Delight In conclusion, his respect for letter-writing ladies is so great that he would not touch one of them with a ten-foot pole.
|
nothing to write home about »
Not exceptional; not noteworthy or especially good.
|
on spec »
I'm writing an article on spec. I hope some magazine will buy it.
|
paper »
A sheet material used for writing on or printing on , usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
|
paper »
A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting .
|
paper »
A written document, generally shorter than a book , in particular one written for the Government.
|
paper trail »
A written record, history, or collection of evidence.
|
play it by ear »
To play a song according to how it sounds, rather than from a written score.
|
poison pen »
A usually intentionally rude, spiteful, and/or condescending piece of writing directed at a person, group, lifestyle, way of thought, or other target.
|
purple prose »
Extravagant or flowery writing, especially in a literary work.
|
put down »
To write something.
|
run off »
To write something quickly.
|
send away for »
To write to a business or other organisation, requesting a thing.
|
set down »
To write.
|
slip of the pen »
A mistake in handwriting.
|
stand corrected »
Said to acknowledge someone who corrects something that one says or writes that was not correct.
|
take down »
To write a note. Usually to record something that is said.
|
the pen is mightier than the sword »
More influence and power can be usurped by writing than by fighting.
|
three Rs »
The basic education any child can expect to receive, but not necessarily limited to reading, writing and arithmetic.
|
three Rs »
The basic education received in primary schools. Literally; reading, writing and arithmetic.
|
to the letter »
Literally, exactly, to follow the rules as they're written.
|
tone down »
To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.
|
under erasure »
Of a bit of text, written and strickenthrough; hence, figuratively in some sense both present and absent.
|
wipe out »
To physically erase something written.
|
write down »
Down in writing; to record something.
|
write down »
In a simple or condescending style.
|
write down »
To make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset.
|
write off »
To reduce an asset's book value to zero.
|
write off »
To record an expenditure as an expense.
|
write off »
To record an notional expense such as amortization or depreciation.
|
write off »
Figuratively, to assign a low value to something.
|
write off »
unrepairable car
|
write one's own ticket »
To be empowered to choose whatever job, financial arrangement, or course of action one desires.
|
write out »
To write in full length or expanded form.
|
write up »
To write about positively.
|
write up »
To document the faults of.
|
write up »
To produce by writing.
|
write up »
review
|
written all over someone's face »
Very obvious, from someone's facial expression.
|
| Like Phrases.net? Why won't you tell a friend about us? |
[