| 单词 | a picture is worth a thousand words |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa picture is worth a thousand words P2. a picture is worth a thousand words and variants: a picture conveys far more than words. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > information [phrase] every picture tells a story1904 a picture is worth a thousand words1925 1828 J. K. Paulding New Mirror for Travellers 60 A look, which said as plainly as a thousand words. 1921 Printers' Ink 8 Dec. 96 (heading) One look is worth a thousand words.] 1925 Washington Post 26 July (Amusements section) 2/2 ‘The picture is worth ten thousand words.’ So says an old Chinese proverb. 1954 R. Haydn Jrnl. Edwin Carp 90 ‘One picture speaks louder than ten thousand words.’ Mr. Bovey repeated the adage this morning when..he handed me my finished portrait. 1979 Daily Tel. 14 Aug. 11 If proof was ever needed that a few good pictures are worth more than a thousand statistics it came with bludgeoning force..last night. 1996 Business Age June 95/2 One picture of a share price's oscillations can be worth a thousand words of corporate history. < as lemmas |
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