Bedeutung: a thousand million

Mrd. Milliarde(n)

sand Idiom

a picture is worth a thousand words

a picture is easier to understand than a report or essay Instead of more talk, I'll draw thousand words a diagram. A picture is worth a thousand words.

bat a thousand

hit every time at bat, win every competition I've had two interviews and two offers. I'm batting a thousand!

head in the sand

unable to see, unwilling to look The minister hasn't noticed their poverty. His head is in the sand.

hundred/thousand/million and one

very/too many I can think of a hundred and one reasons why the new employee is not capable of doing his job.

picture is worth a thousand words

(See a picture is worth a thousand words)

blood and sand

an exclamation of surprise or anger. A mild and antiquated curse

one in a thousand

very good indeed千中之一；难得的人（或物）
Tom，not one in a thousand would have forgiven you as he has done．汤姆，很少有人会象他那样原谅你的。
She's one in a thousand．She does her work quickly and conscientiously and can always be relied on．她这个人是很难得的，干活利索认真，又总是那么可信赖。

bury one's head in the sand

Idiom(s): bury one's head in the sand AND hide one's head in the sand

Theme: WITHDRAW

to ignore or hide from obvious signs of danger. (Refers to an ostrich, which we picture with its head stuck into the sand or the ground.)
• Stop burying your head in the sand. Look at the statistics on smoking and cancer.
• And stop hiding your head in the sand. All of us will die somehow, whether we smoke or not.

hide one's head in the sand

Bury your head in the sand

If someone buries their head in the sand, they ignore something that is obviously wrong.

Death of a thousand cuts

If something is suffering the death of a thousand cuts, or death by a thousand cuts, lots of small bad things are happening, none of which are fatal in themselves, but which add up to a slow and painful demise.

Draw a line in the sand

If you draw a line in the sand, you establish a limit beyond which things will be unacceptable.

Run into the sand

If something runs into the sand, it fails to achieve a result.

Shifting sands

If the sands are shifting, circumstances are changing.

Sixty-four-thousand-dollar-question

The sixty-four-thousand-dollar-question is the most important question that can be asked about something.

Take sand to the beach

Doing something that is completely pointless or unnecessary is like taking sand to the beach.

The sands of time

The sands of time is an idiom meaning that time runs out either through something reaching an end or through a person's death. It comes from the sand used in hourglasses, an ancient way of measuring time.

A Picture Paints a Thousand Words

A visual presentation is far more descriptive than words.

a round of sandwiches

two sandwiches (made from two pieces of bread): "She made a few rounds of cheese sandwiches."

build on sand|build|sand

v. phr. To lay a weak or insufficient foundation for a building, a business, or a relationship. "I don't want to build my business on sand," John said, "so please. Dad, give me that loan I requested."

by the dozen|by the hundred|by the thousand|dozen|

adv. phr. Very many at one time; in great numbers. Tommy ate cookies by the down. Often used in the plural, meaning even larger numbers. The ants arrived at the picnic by the hundreds. The enemy attacked the fort by the thousands.

hide one's head in the sand|bury|bury one's head i

To keep from seeing, knowing, or understanding something dangerous or unpleasant; to refuse to see or face something. If there is a war, you cannot just bury your head in the sand.

sand lot(1)|lot|sand|sand lot

n. A field, vacant lot, or other open place used as a sports playing field, usually by younger teams or by amateurs who can't afford to use anything better. Rogers Hornsby, who was National League baseball batting champion six times, first started playing on Texas sand lots.

sand trap|sand|trap

n. A low place on a golf course that is filled with sand to stop the ball. The golfer lost four strokes trying to get the ball out of the sand trap.

sand-lot(2)|lot|sand|sand lot

adj. Of the kind seen on sand lots; not professional. The professional football team was so confused by their opponents' fast play that they acted like a bunch of sand-lot amateurs.

sandwich board|board|sandwich

n. Two advertising signs worn by a man, one on his chest and the other on his back. The man walking along Main Street wore a sandwich board saying "Eat at Joe's."

bat one thousand

bat one thousand
Have a perfect record, as in In meeting deadlines, she's batting one thousand. The term comes from baseball statistics, where it signifies getting a hit for every turn at bat. It was transferred to other activities in the 1920s.

build on sand

build on sand
Use an unstable foundation, as in If you buy nothing but high-risk stocks, your portfolio will be built on sand. This metaphor appears in the New Testament, where Jesus likens those who do not heed his sayings to a foolish man who builds his house on sand, which then is washed away by rain, flood, and wind (Matthew 7:24-27). [c. 1600]

have one's head in the sand

have one's head in the sand
see hide one's head in the sand.

one picture is worth a thousand words

one picture is worth a thousand words
see picture is worth a thousand words, one.

picture is worth a thousand words, one

picture is worth a thousand words, one
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 Words” and attributed it to an ancient Japanese philosopher. Six years later he changed it to “Chinese Proverb: One Picture Is Worth Ten Thousand Words,” illustrated with some Chinese characters. The attribution in both was invented; Barnard simply believed an Asian origin would give it more credibility.

sand

sand
see build on sand; hide one's head in the sand.

thousand

thousand
see bat one thousand; by the dozen; one in a million; picture is worth a thousand words, one.