one picture is worth ten thousand words
1one picture is worth ten thousand words — There is no foundation to the ascription of Chinese origin in quots. 1925 and 1927. 1921 Printers Ink 8 Dec. 96 One look is worth a thousand words. 1925 Washington Post 26 July (Amusements section) 2/2 ‘The picture is worth ten thousand words.’… …
2A picture is worth a thousand words — is a proverb that refers to the idea that complex stories can be described with just a single still image, or that an image may be more influential than a substantial amount of text. It also aptly characterizes the goals of visualization where… …
3a picture paints a thousand words — Meaning A picture tells a story as well as a large amount of descriptive text. Origin The original quotation is One picture is worth ten thousand words , Frederick R. Barnard in Printer s Ink, 8 Dec 1921 retelling a Chinese proverb …
4one — see when one door shuts, another opens one for sorrow, two for mirth; three for a wedding, four for a birth one for the mouse, one for the crow, one to rot, one to grow one nail drives out another one size does not fit all …
5worth — see the worth of a thing is what it will bring a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush a king’s chaff is worth more than other men’s corn an ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept a peck of March dust is worth a king’s ransom …
6picture — see one picture is worth ten thousand words every picture tells a story …
7thousand — see one picture is worth ten thousand words …
8ten — see one picture is worth ten thousand words …
9worth — 01. His car is [worth] about $80,000. 02. Don t cheat on the test; it s not [worth] it if you get caught. 03. He had an old coin that he thought was valuable, but actually it was [worthless] because it was in such bad condition. 04. When he dies …
10Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …