🖼️ Put Someone in the Picture: Keeping Everyone Informed 🚀

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 1## 🖼️ Put Someone in the Picture: Keeping Everyone Informed 🚀
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 3To put someone in the picture means to inform someone or to include them as an active participant in a situation. This phrase has carried the essence of involving someone since around 1900. Clara Morris, a stage actress and author, wrote: “I feel that I am in the picture when I wear black during Lent” (Stage Confidences, 1902).
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 5### Related and Similar Terms
 6- **Fill someone in:** Updating someone on recent developments.
 7- **Keep someone posted:** Continuously informing someone about new information.
 8- **Bring someone up to speed:** Providing the final details or recent updates to someone who was previously unaware.
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10### Witty Quotes
111. "Put me in the picture and I’ll paint you all the details!" 
122. "Staying in the picture is good; standing in front of it at the cinema? Not so much!"
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14### Proverbs
15- "Knowledge is power." — And power comes from being well-informed.
16- "A shared journey makes the path more pleasing." — Being in the picture means travelling together on the same road.
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18### Face-palm Synonyms
19- **Leave in the dark:** To keep someone uninformed.
20- **Out of the loop:** Completely unaware or uninvolved.
21- *"If someone is not in the picture, they're probably paying the admission fee from outside!"*
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23### Literary Connections
24- **Book:** "The Art of Happiness" by Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler – Being informed plays a role in our inner peace.
25- **Film:** "The Social Network" – It shows the importance of keeping key members informed.
26- **Song:** "A Little Help from My Friends" by The Beatles – Inclusion is vital, just like friendship.
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28### Fun Fact:
29According to a study, employees who are kept 'in the picture' are 25% more likely to be productive and engaged at work compared to those who aren't.
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### Which of these similar phrases also means to keep someone informed?
- [x] Keep someone posted
- [ ] Leave someone guessing
- [ ] Send someone on a wild goose chase
- [ ] Put someone to sleep

> **Explanation:** "Keep someone posted" is another way to say maintaining someone's flow of information.

### Complete the Proverb: "Knowledge is ___."
- [x] Power
- [ ] A flower
- [ ] Annoying
- [ ] For the weak

> **Explanation:** "Knowledge is power" is a common phrase suggesting that information equips people to make informed decisions.

### If you 'leave someone in the dark,' you:
- [x] Don't inform them
- [ ] Provide extra lights
- [ ] Get them sunglasses
- [ ] Invite them to a shady picnic

> **Explanation:** To 'leave someone in the dark' means not informing someone about something they ought to know.

### True or False: 'Out of the loop' means someone is fully aware of the situation.
- [ ] True
- [x] False

> **Explanation:** "Out of the loop" means someone is unaware of what's happening.

### Which book underscores the importance of involvement?
- [ ] "Robinson Crusoe"
- [x] "The Art of Happiness"
- [ ] "Moby-Dick"
- [ ] "Treasure Island"

> **Explanation:** "The Art of Happiness" discusses inclusion as one part of achieving inner peace.



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33Stay tuned, stay clued, and always be in the picture! 😊
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35- *W. T. Wittywords*