a picture is worth a thousand words »
Alternative form of a picture paints a thousand words.
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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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better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all »
Having experience of love, even if it ended, is better than having no experience of love.Love is worthwhile despite the pain involved in separation.
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bluewash »
To use a blue paint or glaze.
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come to terms »
To accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painful.
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cry out »
To shout in a loud voice, due to pain, or fear, or unhappiness.
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cut in »
When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas.
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no pain, no gain »
One must be willing to endure some inconvenience or discomfort in order to achieve worthwhile goals.
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oil colour »
painting
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oil painting »
works of art
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old masters »
great painters
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pain in the ass »
Something that causes discomfort or is otherwise troublesome.
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pain in the butt »
A nuisance; a source of trouble or annoyance.
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pain in the neck »
Someone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient.
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paint oneself into a corner »
To create a predicament or problem for oneself; to do something that leaves one with no good alternatives or solutions.
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paint the town red »
To party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public place.
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paint with a broad brush »
To describe a class of objects or a kind of phenomenon in general terms, without specific details and without attention to individual variations.
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painting rocks »
Pointless or futile work organised by the government, supposedly to increase employment but in fact merely disguising the unemployment level.
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pronunciamiento »
A military uprising or coup in Spain or the Spanish American republics, particularly in the 19th century. They received this designation because coups were usually accompanied by a statement declaring the existing government null and void.
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snake oil »
Snake oil is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.
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still life »
type of painting
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strip off »
To remove anything by stripping, e.g. items of clothing or paint from the side of a ship.
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suck it up »
To put up with something; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.
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trench mouth »
Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, a severe bacterial infection of the gums, typically characterized by inflammation, bleeding, deep ulceration, necrotized tissue, pain, fever, enlarged lymph nodes, fatigue, and halitosis.
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walk it off »
To walk or pace in order to relieve a pain or cramp.
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whitewash »
A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white.
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