a picture is worth a thousand words
idiom
—used to say that it is often easier to show something in a picture than to describe it with words
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many is a video worth?
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Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a digitally altered picture of an absent British princess is apparently worth a million.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
And if a picture is worth a thousand words, that one tells a very clear story of what a difference such a foundation can make for young creatives.
—Brooke Mazurek, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023
If a picture is worth a thousand words, the mug shot of a former president is apparently worth over $7 million.
—Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
If a picture is worth a thousand words, there might be a couple of volumes of work in these images.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 8 Aug. 2023
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Dave Friedman’s book Through My Eyes is good for 658,000 of them.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 June 2023
Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a digitally altered picture of an absent British princess is apparently worth a million.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
And if a picture is worth a thousand words, that one tells a very clear story of what a difference such a foundation can make for young creatives.
—Brooke Mazurek, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023
If a picture is worth a thousand words, the mug shot of a former president is apparently worth over $7 million.
—Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
If a picture is worth a thousand words, there might be a couple of volumes of work in these images.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 8 Aug. 2023
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Dave Friedman’s book Through My Eyes is good for 658,000 of them.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 June 2023
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