talk is cheap

phrase

—used to mean that it is easy to say that one will do something

Talk is cheap. I need to see results.

Examples of talk is cheap in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But talk is cheap until the number of coaches of color around the league increases. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026

But talk is cheap—and few are actually willing to do it themselves. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2025

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

Rhymes for talk is cheap

• asleep
• upkeep
• beep
• creep
• deep
• heap
• jeep
• keep
• leap
• peep
• reap
• seep