easier said than done

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

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

It is proving to be easier said than done.

From The Wall Street Journal

Time and again, they realize it’s easier said than done.

From Salon

“This is easier said than done, given that both Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips had their assets in Venezuela expropriated back in 2007.”

From Barron's

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