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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bang up job »
Something done very well; something performed above average or better than expected.
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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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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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better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all »
Having experience of love, even if it ended, is better than having no experience of love.Love is worthwhile despite the pain involved in separation.
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better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness »
In the face of bad times or hopelessness, it is more worthwhile to do some good, however small, in response than to complain about the situation.
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brass ring »
Figuratively, a prize or goal. Often used with respect to employment goals e.g. promotion, better job, etc.
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build a better mousetrap »
To invent the next great thing; to have a better idea.
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circles around »
Far faster or better than.
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discretion is the better part of valour »
It is often wise to refrain from seemingly brave speech or action.1597
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get better »
To improve.
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get better »
To recover from an illness.
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get the better of »
To overwhelm or overcome; to influence heavily; to tend to control or persuade.
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go it alone »
To do something alone or independently, especially something that is normally or better done in groups.
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good fences make good neighbors »
It is better to mind one's own business than get involved with other people's affairs.
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had better »
Should; ought to; need to.
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halfway decent »
Good - better than expected.
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he who laughs last laughs best »
success is better after having previously endured ridicule.
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head and shoulders »
"She was head and shoulders better than any of her rivals.".
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head and shoulders »
To a considerable degree; better; outstanding.
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hold up one's end »
I'm holding up my end and you had better hold up yours.
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huckleberry above a persimmon »
Something better than something else.
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if you can't beat them, join them »
If your adversaries are stronger than yourself, it is better to join the adversaries.
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if you want a thing done well, do it yourself »
It is better to do something oneself, than rely on others to do it well.
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in shape »
I guess I'd better get my room in shape if I have guests.
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it's better to ask forgiveness than permission »
The value of acting promptly and making a mistake requiring forgiveness is greater than value of delaying to get permission.
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keep one's eye on the ball »
My ethos has always been to be very straight with people, tell it as it is. It doesn't often make people happy but I found that over a period of time it's better to be that way. So being straight, also being very focused on your objectives, keep your eye on the ball and not get deflected away from it.
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less is more »
That which is less complicated is often better understood and more appreciated than what is more complicated; simplicity is preferable to complexity; brevity in communication is more effective than verbosity.1855, Robert Browning, "Men and Women":Well, less is more, Lucrezia: I am judged.1954, "'Less Is More'," Time, 14 Jun.:The essence of Mies's architectural philosophy is in his famous and sometimes derided phrase, "Less is more." This means, he says, having "the greatest effect with the least means."2007, Gia Kourlas, "Dance Review: An Ordered World Defined With Soothing Spareness," New York Times, 3 Mar. (retrieved 22 Oct. 2008):The program, which features two premieres
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live by the sword, die by the sword »
One who uses violence can expect a violent response. It is better to try to use peaceful means wherever possible.(figuratively) One can expect dire outcomes from any vice; used to convey poetic justice.
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more like it »
Better, more desirable.
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one up »
To outdo, to do something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.
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one-up »
To outdo, to do something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.
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open one's big mouth »
To speak about things, when it would be better to stay silent.
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out of sight »
You better stay out of sight for a few days.
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out on the tiles »
I've had a pint of bitter and now I'm feeling better and I'm out on the tiles." Led Zeppelin in their song "Out on the tiles", 1970.
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patience is a virtue »
it is better to be patient than impatient
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prevention is better than cure »
it is better to prevent the creation of a bad thing, than to destroy it.
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rose-colored glasses »
An optimistic perception of something; a positive opinion; seeing something in a positive way, often thinking of it as better than it actually is.
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stuck up »
Snobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be better than others; haughty.
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talk up »
In such a way as to make the thing or person sound better than it actually is.
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think better of it »
To change one's mind; especially to decide against.
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to be the cat's whiskers »
To perform better than was generally supposed possible.
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top it all off »
To emphasize or underscore; to make something even better or worse.
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two heads are better than one »
Some problems may be solved more easily by two (or more) people working together than by one working alone.
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two's company, three's a crowd »
One companion is better than two.
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you can't say fairer than that »
That is good, reasonable, or fair; one cannot hope for a better decision or outcome.
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you get what you pay for »
In commercial transactions, the quality of goods and services increases as the prices increase, i.e., the more one pays, the better the merchandise.2003, Michael Blumenthal, "For Whom the School Bell Tolls," Time, 7 Dec.:Though it may sound unapologetically capitalistic to say so
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