it goes without saying

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

It is understood without being said (but will be or was said anyway).

Equivalents

Españolestá de más decir ni que decir tiene no hace falta decirse sobreentiende se subentiende sobra decir

Françaiscela va sans dire

Deutsches versteht sich von selbst

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العربيةمِن نَّافِلَةِ القَوْلِ

Češtinato se rozumí samo sebou

Ελληνικάεννοείται

Portuguêsescusado dizer nem é preciso dizer

Українськаце са́мо собо́ю зрозумі́ло

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

it happens it happens to the best of us it is a wise child that knows his own father it is and it isn't it is as it is it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

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