Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is paint a picture of and it is a phrase meaning “to describe something in a specific way; tell, narrate, outline, portray, depict”.
Example Sentence: Nita Farahany, a Duke University professor and futurist, paints a picture of a near future in which every office worker could be fitted with a small wearable that would constantly record brain activity, creating an omnipotent (all-powerful) record of your thoughts, attention and energy that the boss could study at leisure. No longer would it be enough to look like you’re working hard: your own brainwaves could reveal that you were slacking off.
This phrase is present in A world in which your boss spies on your brainwaves? That future is near and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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