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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be-all and end-all »
Something considered to be of the utmost importance; something essential or ultimate.
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bury the lead »
To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.
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bury the lede »
To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.
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come down to »
To depend upon, basically, ultimately or in essence.
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deep down »
Fundamentally; in essence; in reality; really.
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don't shoot the messenger »
The bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for the bad news.
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drop off »
To lessen or reduce.
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grass roots »
The essential foundation or source of something.
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it takes all kinds to make a world »
Diversity is essential: the world would be incomplete if everyone were alike.He irons his clothes how?! That's crazy! Well, I guess it takes all kinds.
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kill the messenger »
To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable a problem because he/she brought attention to 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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let up »
To lessen.
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part and parcel »
An integral or essential piece; that which must be done or accepted as part of something else.
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poster child »
One who is a prototypical or quintessential example of something.
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shoot the messenger »
To blame a problem on whoever reported it; to hold somebody accountable a problem because he/she brought attention to it.
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short strokes »
Bare essentials.
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strip down »
To remove inessentials from.
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take someone's point »
To grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying.
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taper off »
To diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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the long and short of it »
The gist; the essence or substance; the most important or salient features; said of a summary or digest.
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