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:

1. not mince words
2. by leaps and bounds
3. basket case
4. eat one’s words
5. as cool as a cucumber
6. all nighter
7. a hill of beans
8. back seat driver
9. bark up the wrong tree
10. draw the line
11. see through someone
12. pay lip service
13. hit the nail on the head