picture is worth a thousand words

a picture is worth a thousand words

A single picture can express something more clearly, vividly, or succinctly than a large amount of words can. I know I'm doing a bad job of capturing the scene by describing it, so just look at this picture from their website—a picture is worth a thousand words, isn't it? You try to have characters give too much exposition. Remember, a picture is worth a thousand words, so use the images in your film to tell its story as much as possible.
See also: picture, thousand, word, worth
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

picture is worth a thousand words

Prov. Pictures convey information more efficiently and effectively than words do. It's much easier to learn how machines work by looking at pictures, rather than by hearing someone describe them. A picture is worth a thousand words. The newspaper editor decided to devote more space to photographs of the disaster than to text, since a picture is worth a thousand words.
See also: picture, thousand, word, worth
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • 1000
  • a picture is worth a thousand words
  • one picture is worth a thousand words
  • one picture paints a thousand words
  • picture is worth a thousand words, one
  • a picture paints a thousand words
  • bring (something) into sharp relief
  • put (something) into sharp relief
  • throw (something) into sharp relief
  • throw into sharp relief
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