it goes without saying
phraseEtymology
Calque of French ça va sans dire.
- derived from ça va sans dire
Definitions
It is understood without being said (but will be or was said anyway).
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for it goes without saying. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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