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A Picture Paints a Thousand Words
This term which means a story told by pictures as well as a vast amount of descriptive text comes from the quotation 'One picture is worth ten thousand words', Frederick R. Barnard in Printer's Ink, 8 Dec 1921 retelling a Chinese proverb. .
Back To Square One
Meaning back to the beginning this idiom was first heard on football radio commentaries during games.Football isn't easy to commentate on on the radio so they had the idea of splitting up
Catch-22
Originated from a 1961 novel by Joseph Heller, where one bureaucratic regulation is dependent on another, which in turn is dependent on the first. A Paradox - a situation or statement which seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics.
Caught With Your Pants Down
This idiom means while you were peeing or pooping someone walked in and caught you doing it.
Don't look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
When given something don't be ungrateful. By counting the teeth you can tell the age of a horse. Checking whether a present of a horse was old would be considered impolite.
