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