easier said than done

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34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: del prometre al complir, hi ha molt de tros per penedir — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Catalan: una cosa és predicar i una altra és donar blat — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Catalan: és més fàcil dir-ho que fer-ho — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Chinese Mandarin: 談何容易 /谈何容易 (tánhéróngyì) — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Chinese Mandarin: 說得倒輕巧 /说得倒轻巧 (shuō de dào qīng qiao) — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Danish: lettere sagt end gjort — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Dutch: makkelijker gezegd dan gedaan — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Finnish: helpommin sanottu kuin tehty — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• French: plus facile à dire qu’à faire — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• French: vite dit — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• German: leichter gesagt als getan — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Hungarian: könnyebb mondani, mint megtenni — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Hungarian: könnyű mondani — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Icelandic: hægara sagt en gert — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Icelandic: það er hægara sagt en gert — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Icelandic: hægara ort en gert — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Icelandic: það er hægara ort en gert — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Italian: più facile a dirsi che a farsi — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Japanese: 言うは易く行うは難し (iu wa yasuku okonau wa katashi) — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Japanese: 言うは易し (iu wa yasushi) — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Latin: facilius est dictū quam factū — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Norwegian Bokmål: lettere sagt enn gjort — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Polish: łatwo powiedzieć — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Portuguese: é mais fácil dizer do que fazer — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Portuguese: é mais fácil falar do que fazer — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Russian: про́ще сказа́ть, чем сде́лать (próšče skazátʹ, čem sdélatʹ) — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Serbo-Croatian: lakše reći nego učiniti — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Spanish: es fácil decirlo — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Spanish: es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Spanish: del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Spanish: que se dice pronto — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Spanish: una cosa es predicar, y otra dar trigo — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Swedish: lättare sagt än gjort — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
• Tagalog: madaling sabihin, mahirap gawin — easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish