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Definition 2024

go_without_saying

go without saying

English

Verb

go without saying

(idiomatic) To be obvious, apparent or clear, or already established.
It goes without saying that our volunteers love their work.

Translations

to be obvious, apparent or clear

Armenian: ինքնին հասկանալի է ‎(inkʿnin haskanali ē)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不言而喻 (zh) ‎(bùyán'éryù), 不待說, 不待说 ‎(bùdàishuō), 不用說, 不用说 ‎(bùyòngshuō), 沒說的 (zh), 没说的 (zh) ‎(méishuōde), 不消說 (zh), 不消说 (zh) ‎(bùxiāoshuō), 自不待言 (zh) ‎(zìbùdàiyán)
Dutch: ontegenzeggelijk (nl)
Finnish: olla sanomattakin selvää (idiomatic)
French: ça va sans dire (fr)
German: es versteht sich von selbst (expression in the 3rd person sg)

Icelandic: segja sig sjálft, það er sjálfsagt (is), það er ekki nema sjálfsagt (is)
Italian: va da sé, andare da sé
Japanese: 言うまでもない (ja) ‎(いうまでもない, iu made mo nai)
Macedonian: се подразбира ‎(se podrázbira)
Portuguese: não precisar nem dizer
Russian: само́ собо́й разуме́ется (ru) ‎(samó sobój razuméjetsja) (expression in the 3rd person sg), разуме́ется (ru) ‎(razuméjetsja) (abbreviation), само́ собо́й (ru) ‎(samó sobój) (abbreviation)
Swedish: säga sig självt