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It is understood without being said (but will be or was said anyway).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: needless to say
Antonyms: none provided
Calque of French ça va sans dire.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مِن نَّافِلَةِ القَوْلِ
(min nāfilati l-qawli)
— it is understood without being said
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Catalan:
no cal ni dir
— it is understood without being said
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Chinese Mandarin:
不言而喻
(bùyán'éryù)
— it is understood without being said
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Chinese Mandarin:
不待說 /不待说
(bùdàishuō)
— it is understood without being said
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Czech:
to se rozumí samo sebou
— it is understood without being said
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Finnish:
lienee sanomattakin selvää
(että...)
— it is understood without being said
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French:
cela va sans dire
— it is understood without being said
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German:
es versteht sich von selbst
— it is understood without being said
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Portuguese:
nem é preciso dizer
— it is understood without being said
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Portuguese:
escusado dizer
— it is understood without being said
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Spanish:
ni que decir tiene
— it is understood without being said
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Spanish:
está de más decir
— it is understood without being said
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Spanish:
de más está decir
— it is understood without being said
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Spanish:
no hace falta decir
— it is understood without being said
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Spanish:
sobra / huelga decir
— it is understood without being said
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Spanish:
se sobreentiende / subentiende
— it is understood without being said
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Spanish:
ni se tiene que decir
— it is understood without being said
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Ukrainian:
це са́мо собо́ю зрозумі́ло
(ce sámo sobóju zrozumílo)
— it is understood without being said
