Everybody knows
Big is big
A Picture is a painting
Then you know
“The big picture”
What does that mean?
"Big painting"?
Of course not!
What does that mean?
Let's learn together.
The big picture ≠ big painting
In fact, "The big picture" is an idiomatic term meaning: overall situation.
Example:
I'm on my way to the airport to go to Paris. Just give me the big picture now.
I was on my way to the airport to prepare for my flight to Paris, so let me know the whole picture.
In the picture ≠ inside the painting
In fact, "In the picture" means: to understand the situation; to be in the bureau.
Has anyone put you in the picture?
Did someone tell you the inside story?
Just to put you in the picture—there have been a number of changes here recently.
Just to give you an idea of the situation, there have been a lot of changes here lately.
Ground zero ≠ Ground zero
In fact, "Ground zero" was originally used to refer to the location of the atomic bomb explosion, and later the use of this idiomatic term became more extensive. For example, the press refers to the explosion site at the World Trade Center in New York as Ground Zero. There are also middle school students in the United States who call the bedrooms of teenage children also known as Ground zeros, because most of these children's rooms are a mess.
You can't believe how awful my son's room looks. No wonder teenagers have started to call their bedrooms ground zero.
You simply can't believe how bad my son's room looks. No wonder teens are starting to call their bedrooms "zeroing out."
Within a half-mile from ground zero, death from radiation poisoning will occur within twelve hours.
Within half a mile of a nuclear explosion, deaths from radiation poisoning occur within twelve hours.