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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across the board »
A racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third.
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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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Apa Sâmbetei »
"for nothing", "to no result", or that what you have done was destroyed or is rendered useless after you finish it.
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Apa Sâmbetei »
Saturday's waters.
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as the crow flies »
In a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.
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bang up job »
Something done very well; something performed above average or better than expected.
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bankers' hours »
The period between 10am and 3pm.
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believe you me »
An emphatic form of "believe me"; you [the subject] had better believe me [the speaker].
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best bet »
The best proposal or plan.
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bet dollars to donuts »
To suggest that something is very likely to be true or that one has a strong hunch about something.
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bet the farm »
To be absolutely certain, to have no doubts.
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better an egg today than a hen tomorrow »
It is better to have a sure thing now than a possibility of more later.
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better safe than sorry »
It is preferable to be cautious in one's choices and actions than to suffer afterwards.
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better than sex »
Superlative; wonderful.
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