talk is cheap
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Proverb
talk is cheap
- (idiomatic) It is easy to make boastful or unrealistic statements which are not backed by actions or evidence.
- 1915, Jack London, chapter 2, in The Star-Rover:
- Cecil Winwood accepted the test. He claimed that he could dope the guards the night of the break. “Talk is cheap,” said Long Bill Hodge. “What we want is the goods. Dope one of the guards to-night.”
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Translations
it is easy to make boastful statements which are not supported by actions
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See also
- actions speak louder than words
- fine words butter no parsnips
- money talks, bullshit walks
- put one's money where one's mouth is
- talk the talk