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Idiom

pretty pictures

Meaning

Image supplements in a presentation: graphs, charts, etc.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The report needs more data and fewer pretty pictures.”

“The manager asked for a detailed financial analysis instead of just showing pretty pictures in the slideshow.”

“While the presentation was visually engaging, the board members grew impatient with the pretty pictures and demanded a rigorous examination of the underlying fiscal projections.”

Examples

simple

“The report needs more data and fewer pretty pictures.”

contextual

“The manager asked for a detailed financial analysis instead of just showing pretty pictures in the slideshow.”

complex

“While the presentation was visually engaging, the board members grew impatient with the pretty pictures and demanded a rigorous examination of the underlying fiscal projections.”

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