| 单词 | every picture tells a story |
| 释义 | > as lemmasevery picture tells a story P3. every picture tells a story: used of an image that is particularly significant, revealing, or suggestive of subsequent events.Originally popularized by an advertising slogan which appeared alongside a picture of a woman clutching the small of her back: see quot. 1904. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > information [phrase] every picture tells a story1904 a picture is worth a thousand words1925 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. i. 5 The letter-press..I cared little for... Each picture told a story.] 1904 Daily Mail 26 Feb. 8/1 (advt.) Doan's Backache Kidney Pills..cure Backache, Weak Back, Rheumatism, Diabetes, Congestion of the Kidneys [etc.]... Every picture tells a story. 1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay xxi. 290 She waved her hand towards the sizzling brilliance of the portrait. ‘Before and after. Like the advertisements, you know. Every picture tells a story.’ 1976 Radio Times 25 Sept. 5 (caption) Every picture tells a story: Rod Stewart, the working-class boy who has become a working-class hero. 1991 G. Cotter Eng. v. West Indies (BNC) 239 Every picture tells a story. Paul Downton has just failed to reach a snick..and the response of Botham and Gower says it all. < as lemmas |
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