talk is cheap
idiom
—used to mean that it is easy to say that one will do something
Talk is cheap. I need to see results.
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In business as in many other things, talk is cheap.
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Adam Gale, Fortune Europe, 28 May 2024
With powerful guitars and frenetic drums, the duo let their former flames know that talk is cheap, and their time is officially up.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2024
But talk is cheap, and Moscow will likely not believe it.
—Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2024
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Adam Gale, Fortune Europe, 28 May 2024
With powerful guitars and frenetic drums, the duo let their former flames know that talk is cheap, and their time is officially up.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2024
But talk is cheap, and Moscow will likely not believe it.
—Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Talk is cheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20is%20cheap. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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