go without saying

English

Etymology

Calque of French ça va sans dire.

Pronunciation

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Verb

go without saying (third-person singular simple present goes without saying)

1. (idiomatic, impersonal) To be obvious, apparent, 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) (expression in the 3rd person sg)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 唔使講 (m⁴ sai² gong²)

  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 zijn (nl), voor zich spreken
• Estonian: on ütlematagi selge (expression in the 3rd person sg)
• Finnish: olla sanomattakin selvää
• French: cela va sans dire (fr), (informal) ça va sans dire (fr) (expression in the 3rd person sg, not followed by a subordinate clause), il va sans dire (fr), il va de soi (expression in the 3rd person sg, followed by a subordinate clause)
• German: es versteht sich von selbst (expression in the 3rd person sg)
• Icelandic: það segir sig sjálft, það er sjálfsagt (is), það er ekki nema sjálfsagt (is) (expression in the 3rd person sg)
• Italian: va da sé (expression in the 3rd person sg), si capisce (it) (expression in the 3rd person sg, not followed by a subordinate clause)

• Japanese: 言うまでもない (ja) (いうまでもない, iu made mo nai)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: се подра́збира (se podrázbira)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: si seg selv (no), si seg sjøl

  Nynorsk: si seg sjølv

• Portuguese: não precisa nem dizer (expression in the 3rd person sg)
• Russian: само́ собо́й разуме́ется (ru) (samó sobój razuméjetsja) (expression in the 3rd person sg), разуме́ется (ru) (razuméjetsja) (abbreviation), само́ собо́й (ru) (samó sobój) (abbreviation)
• Spanish: ni que decir tiene, huelga decir, vaya por delante
• Swedish: der säger sig självt (expression in the 3rd person sg), det är underförstått (expression in the 3rd person sg)

See also

• needless to say