a picture paints a thousand words
Alternative form of a picture is worth a thousand words.
If a picture paints a thousand words Then why can't I paint you; The words will never show The you I've come to know.
thousand
UK /ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/ US /ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/
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Definitions
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A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10³ (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.)
The company earned fifty thousand dollars last month.
Many thousands of people came to the conference.
Collocations
5ADJ.
expected, last
The last thousand people in line finally got their tickets after waiting all day.
VERB + THOUSAND
batting, cost, draw, earned, folds, pay, seat, told
The new kitchen renovation will cost a thousand dollars more than we budgeted.
THOUSAND + NOUN
addition, dollars, month, paper, people, sadako, travelers', years
The company received over a thousand dollars in donations from generous customers last year.
PREP.
from, in
There were thousands of people in the stadium waiting for the concert to start.
ADV.
nearly
Nearly a thousand people showed up to the concert last night.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
bat a thousand
To reach first base on every at-bat.
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point.
It has often been said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. We have made many steps in our journey towards the republic, and perhaps are closer to our dest
a picture is worth a thousand words
A visualisation is a better description than a verbal description.
let a thousand flowers bloom
One should not interfere with promising developments in their early stages.
It is probably safe to say that each year thousands of workers are victims of what might be called the “let a thousand flowers bloom” maneuver, formulated by Mao Tse-tung when he c
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The company earned fifty thousand dollars last month.
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Many thousands of people came to the conference.
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Three thousand years back in the Babylonian, Syrian, and Egyptian histories brings us to a period where their records are fragmentary and involved in great obscurity. In the history of China, it bring
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One hundred and fifty thousand couples are expected to get married in Shanghai in 2006.
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A thousand yen is owed to you.
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Please draw a hundred thousand yen from the bank.
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