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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banyan day »
In modern usage it refers to a picnic or cookout for the ship's crew.
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break a sweat »
January 2008, The Age - Walkovers blaze a trail for women's equal-pay theory.
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cuckoo clock »
ornate timepiece
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lay open »
In Japan and South Korea, to publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.
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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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nutty as a fruitcake »
Behaving in an eccentric, foolish, or kooky manner; very nutty.
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real McKoy »
The genuine thing, neither a substitute nor an imitation.
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reckon for »
To answer for; to pay the account for.
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reckon on »
To count on or depend on.
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reckon on »
To plan on; to expect.
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reckon upon »
To count upon or depend upon.
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reckon upon »
To plan upon; to expect.
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reckon with »
To settle accounts with or to settle claims with.
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reckon with »
To deal with.
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reckon with »
To take into account.
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reckon without »
To ignore that which cannot readily be ignored.
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rule of thumb »
A general guideline, rather than a strict rule; an approximate measure or means of reckoning based on experience or common knowledge.
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stick in the mud »
A person unwilling to participate in activities, often because he or she believes the activity is not wholly kosher; a party pooper.
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take a dive »
To feign a knockout in order to lose intentionally.
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walk out »
To stage a walkout or strike.
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