talk is cheap
Americanidiom
Example Sentences
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Coal miners watched the “dual carbon” pledges and concluded, reasonably, that talk is cheap but contracts are enforceable.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026
But, as the saying goes, talk is cheap.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2024
Seems that when it comes to making promises from an airline like United, talk is cheap.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
“Know that I got that heat / Let me show you ‘cause talk is cheap / Side step, right-left, to my beat / Get it, let it roll.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
"Shucks!" grumbled Steve, hard to convince, "talk is cheap; prove it, Bandy-legs!"
From The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island by Lawrence J. Leslie
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