“worth a”

The following 6 entries include the term worth a.

an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

idiom

used to say that it is better and easier to stop a problem, illness, etc., from happening than to stop or correct it after it has started

a picture is worth a thousand words

idiom

used to say that it is often easier to show something in a picture than to describe it with words

not worth a damn

idiom

: without value : worthless

not worth a darn

idiom

: without value : worthless

worth a go

idiom

: worth a try

worth a tinker's damn

idiom

: be good, valuable, or important enough for (something/someone) used in negative statements


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