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kadai language
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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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pardon my french
Please excuse my swearing or bad language.
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double dutch
A language game akin to pig Latin.
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double dutch
Incomprehensible language.
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dumb down
To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.
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false friend
A word in a foreign language bearing a deceptive resemblance to a word in one's own language.
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fresh off the boat
Newly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of his or her new environment.
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in dutch
Written or spoken in the dutch language.
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mouth of a sailor
The characteristic of regularly using vulgar language, especially strong profanities; a person having this characteristic.
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play on words
A pun, or similar humorous use of language such as a double entendre.
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potty mouth
The characteristic of regularly using vulgar language, especially strong profanities; a person having this characteristic.
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quote unquote
Emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony, as used almost exclusively in spoken language.
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spanner
A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.
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talk dirty
To use profane language, especially sexual vulgarities for the purpose of arousal.
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talk like an apothecary
To use hard or gallipot words: from the assumed gravity and affectation of knowledge generally put on by the gentlemen of this profession, who are commonly as superficial in their learning as they are pedantic in their language.
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tin ear
Insensitivity to and inability to appreciate the elements of performed music or the rhythm, elegance, or nuances of language.
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turn the air blue
To speak a stream of bad language; to curse and swear.
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watch one's mouth
In the imperative form, used as a warning to avoid or stop using inappropriate language, especially profanity, or disrespectful utterances.
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watch one's mouth
To be careful about what one says, especially with regard to disrespectful or profane language.
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