speak volumes

Idioms  

1. Be significant, indicate a great deal, as in That house of theirs speaks volumes about their income. This idiom uses volumes in the sense of “the information contained in volumes of books.” [c. 1800]

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speak volumes

People can say anything, but their actions speak volumes.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026

And I think that that silence really does speak volumes.

From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2025

“You can speak volumes about the stadium and just the crowd that came out to support the city. I wish I was playing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2024

Amid all the celebration, there are some notes of caution from campaigners that perhaps speak volumes about the reality of past let-downs.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024

When two sisters discourse like this before a guest, there creeps into their voices a note of preternatural sweetness, a restraint and simplicity of utterance that speak volumes to the trained ear.

From Life's Minor Collisions by Frances Lester Warner