a bit much »
More than is reasonable.
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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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a watched pot never boils »
A process appears to go more slowly if one waits for it rather than engaging in other activities.
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above and beyond »
More than is expected or required.
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actions speak louder than words »
It is more effective to act directly than to speak of action.
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age before beauty »
A phrase said to allow older people to go before younger ones.
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ahead of one's time »
Showing characteristics of changes yet to be; present in one's work before later advances in the field; coming earlier than could be generally accepted.
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ahead of the game »
Having completed a task before it is due; ready, prepared, or anticipating.
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all good things come to an end »
Nothing lasts forever.
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all hollow »
As a foregone conclusion.
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all out »
The state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings.
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at that »
In addition to what has been said; furthermore; moreover.
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avant la lettre »
An example of a term before the term was coined. Describing a term used anachronistically.
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back-cloth star »
An actor who stands upstage, forcing the other actors to face him and turn their backs to the audience, in order to gain more attention to himself.
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baptism by fire »
A trying ordeal that was not experienced before.
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