it goes without saying

English

Etymology

Calque of French ça va sans dire.

Phrase

it goes without saying

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

   Synonym: needless to say

Translations

it is understood without being said

• Catalan: no cal ni dir
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不言而喻 (zh) (bùyán'éryù), 不待說 / 不待说 (bùdàishuō)

• Czech: to se rozumí samo sebou
• Finnish: lienee sanomattakin selvää(, että...)
• French: cela va sans dire (fr)
• German: es versteht sich von selbst
• Portuguese: nem é preciso dizer, escusado dizer
• Spanish: ni que decir tiene, se sobreentiende, se subentiende, está de más decir, no hace falta decir, sobra decir
• Ukrainian: це са́мо собо́ю зрозумі́ло (ce sámo sobóju zrozumílo)

See also

• go without saying

Further reading

• “it goes without saying”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “it goes without saying”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “it goes without saying”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “it goes without saying” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.