A word paints a thousand pictures

a picture paints a thousand words

1) Общая лексика: картинка стоит тысячи слов

2) Пословица: лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать

Универсальный англо-русский словарь.
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2011.

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Interesting fact about A Picture Paints a Thousand Words

A similar expression to ‘A picture paints a thousand words’ first appeared in a 1911 newspaper article quoting editor Arthur Brisbane’s discussion of journalism and publicity: “Use a picture. It’s worth a thousand words.” During the discussion, Brisbane was making a clear-cut case for the use of images to accompany stories.

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