a picture paints a thousand words
(proverb) pictures describe things much more easily than words do
Example Sentences:
Teacher: Do you understand what I’m saying?
Student: No.
Teacher: Why not?
Student: It’s just not very clear. Can you draw me a picture? After all, a picture paints a thousand words.
Media:
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Similar idioms:
- by leaps and bounds
- basket case
- as cool as a cucumber
- at a crossroads
- all nighter
- a hill of beans
- back seat driver
- bark up the wrong tree
- not mince words
- eat one’s words
- draw the line
- see through someone
