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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come across »
To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image.
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economical with the truth »
Not telling the whole truth, especially in order to present a false image of a situation; untruthful; lying. Often used with sarcasm or satire.
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film out »
To transfer images or animation from videotape or digital files to a traditional celluloid film print.
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keep up with the Joneses »
To do or buy things for status, show, or image rather than out of need, especially for the purpose of competing with friends or neighbors.
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king »
A playing card with the image of a king on it.
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out the door »
The exact image, a lookalike.
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pretty pictures »
Image supplements in a presentation: graphs, charts, etc.
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put someone in mind of »
To remind someone of; to inspire a mental image or awareness of; to cause thoughts concerning.
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sex up »
To make more palatable or acceptable to the general public; to improve the image or perception.
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take a picture »
To photographically capture an image.
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trip out »
To have as an image in one's mind.
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what you see is what you get »
The image corresponds to the reality.
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what you see is what you get »
The screen image resembles the printed output.
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zoom in »
To focus a zoom lens in order to obtain a larger image, or a closer view.
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