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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assault and battery »
. This legal distinction exists only in jurisdictions that distinguish assault as threatened violence rather than actual violence.
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balls up »
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ball up.
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beat out »
To extinguish.
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bite one's tongue »
An admonishment to someone who has said something unfeeling or harsh.
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bite one's tongue »
To forcibly prevent oneself from uttering a word.
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burn out »
To extinguish due to lack of fuel.
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cat got someone's tongue »
Why are you not saying anything?.
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catch fire »
Become engulfed with flames.
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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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double-tongued »
Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech.
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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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eat out »
To perform cunnilingus.
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eat pussy »
To perform cunnilingus.
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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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forked tongue »
The characteristic of deceptiveness; duplicity; untruthfulness.
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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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go out »
To be turned off or extinguished.
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hold forth »
Talk at great length; expatiate; harangue.
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hold one's tongue »
To keep quiet; especially, to leave something unsaid.
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in Dutch »
Written or spoken in the dutch language.
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just another pretty face »
Someone who is attractive, but not too distinguished.
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lick one's chops »
To use one's tongue to remove moistness from the sides of one's mouth, as when salivating or at the conclusion of a meal.
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lick out »
To perform cunnilingus on.
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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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on the tip of one's tongue »
Known but not quite remembered.
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pardon my French »
Please excuse my swearing or bad language.
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penguin suit »
A tuxedo.
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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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rim job »
Anilingus; act where one person licks the other's anus.
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rivet counter »
A person who has an obsession with the minutae of their particular interest. Anyone preoccupied with small distinguishing features between different items.
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sharp tongue »
The practice or characteristic of speaking to others in a harsh, critical, or insulting manner.
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shoot one's bolt »
To use up one's resources, especially a singular one or one not readily restored.
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silver-tongue »
The trait of being clever at speaking, often in a deceitful way.
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silver-tongued »
Eloquent and articulate.
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slip of the tongue »
A mistake in speech.
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smell test »
An assessment of a subject's ability to detect and distinguish odors.
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spanner »
A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.
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speak with a forked tongue »
To speak deceptively; to be duplicitous or untruthful.
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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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tell apart »
To be able to know the difference between things; to distinguish.
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throw dirt enough, and some will stick »
If enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at [1] on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say
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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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tongue-in-cheek »
Not intended seriously; jocular or humorous.
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tongue-tied »
Unable to speak; at a loss for words.
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turn a phrase »
To create a particular linguistic expression which is strikingly clear, appropriate, and memorable.
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turn out »
To extinguish a light or other device.
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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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white hole »
A theoretically possible but physically highly unlikely singularity which would emit matter and energy; the antithesis of a black hole.
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