Synonyms

easier said than done

Idioms

Also, more easily said than done. Describing something more readily talked about than accomplished, as in Keeping the cats off the sofa is easier said than done. This expression also was put as. Today, the variant (more easily) is still heard less often than the original. [c. 1450]

Example Sentences

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Fellow former Lions captain Sam Warburton - who won a Grand Slam and title with Wales - believes that is easier said than done.

From BBC

Such a move—which would have profound effects on global crude trading—is easier said than done.

From The Wall Street Journal

For Powell, that’s been easier said than done.

From Barron's

Analysts also warn that tapping them is easier said than done.

From BBC

Easier said than done, because when we embody another, their emotions and tensions truly feel like our own.

From The Wall Street Journal

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