What does 'A picture is worth a thousand words' mean?
Meaning: A picture can often get a message across much better than the best verbal description.
Contributor: Alea Roach
Country: International English | Subject Area: General | Usage Type: Both or All Words Used
- Get the picture
- Put you in the picture
- Big picture
- Picture perfect
- In so many words
- Eat your words
- Not worth the candle
- Mince words
- Famous last words
- Mark my words
- Words fail me
- Worth a shot
- Actions speak louder than words
- An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
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