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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With powerful guitars and frenetic drums, the duo let their former flames know that talk is cheap, and their time is officially up.
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Stephen Daw, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2024
But talk is cheap, and Moscow will likely not believe it.
—Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2024
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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