PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, ONE Definition & Meaning

picture is worth a thousand words, one

one picture is worth a thousand words

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Idioms and Phrases

A graphic illustration conveys a stronger message than words, as in The book jacket is a big selling point—one picture is worth a thousand words . This saying was invented by an advertising executive, Fred R. Barnard. To promote his agency's ads he took out an ad in Printer's Ink in 1921 with the headline “One Look Is Worth a Thousand �y��vlogs” and attributed it to an ancient Japanese philosopher. Six years later he changed it to “Chinese Proverb: One Picture Is Worth Ten Thousand �y��vlogs,” illustrated with some Chinese characters. The attribution in both was invented; Barnard simply believed an Asian origin would give it more credibility.

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“If one picture is worth a thousand words, you have seen about a million words, but more than that, you have seen an absolutely bizarre finish to Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. The Mets are not only alive, they are well, and they will play the Red Sox in Game 7 tomorrow.”

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Trump knows, as the old saying goes, that one picture is worth a thousand words.

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The photograph of infectious disease expert Anthony S. Fauci that accompanied the March 25 news article “As the economy stalls, Trump’s tug-of-war with scientists escalates” proved the old adage that one picture is worth a thousand words.

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The legendary play-by-play man Vin Scully, announcing the game on television, said, “If one picture is worth a thousand words, you have seen about a million words.”

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“But one picture is worth a thousand words, and this picture was of a high-publicity vessel in a very bad way. Perception-wise, that’s huge.”

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