go without saying

English[edit]

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

(idiomatic, impersonal) To be obvious, apparent, clear, or already established.
It goes without saying that our volunteers love their work.
- 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 141:
  It almost goes without saying that the train is fully soundproofed, with double-glazed windows and highly efficient air-conditioning by the British firm of J. Stone.

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)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
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)
Hungarian: magától értetődik, mondani sem kell
Icelandic: það segir sig sjálft, það er sjálfsagt (is), það er ekki nema sjálfsagt (is) (expression in the 3rd person sg)

Irish: ní gá é sin a rá (expression in the 3rd person sg, not followed by a subordinate clause)
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: 말할 것도 없다 (malhal geotdo eopda)
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)
Welsh: 'does dim rhaid dweud