go without saying
To not need to be said or mentioned; to be obvious, apparent, clear, or already established.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“It goes without saying that you should arrive on time.”
“It goes without saying that you must wear a helmet when you ride your bike.”
“In a professional environment, it goes without saying that maintaining confidentiality regarding sensitive client data is an absolute requirement for every employee.”
Calque of French aller sans dire.
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all dressed up and nowhere to go
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
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all systems go
Everything is ready.
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as I was saying
Used to refer back to one's own previous statement in a discourse.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
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easy come, easy go
Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)
Last updated August 10, 2026