いわずもがな

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of いわずもがな – see the following entry.

【言わずもがな】 [idiom] not even saying would be preferable (because not expressing it at all would be better) [idiom] needless to say, not to mention, obvious (because it is already known)

(This term, いわずもがな (iwazumogana), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)