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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all thumbs »
Clumsy; awkward; not dextrous.
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because you touch yourself at night »
Used to humourously deflect a request for a reason.
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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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born in a barn »
Of humble birth, especially when referring to Jesus Christ.
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bridge »
The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
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bring owls to Athens »
Forgive me, then, for bringing owls to Athens as a thanks-offering. — Goethe, in a letter to Wilhelm von Humboldt.
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brown thumb »
Lack of skill at growing plants; something possessed by a poor gardener.
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bum chum »
A male’s homosexual partner..
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but seriously folks »
Directs attention to immediately preceding failed attempt at humor.
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chump change »
A sum of money considered to be insignificant.
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chump change »
An amount of remuneration, reward, or other monetary recompense considered to be insultingly small.
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chump-change »
Of or pertaining to something of little monetary value.
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clay »
The material of the human body.
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cock a snook »
To spread one hand, place the thumb on the nose and wriggle some of the fingers as a gesture of disrespect.
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