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speak volumes
Idioms and Phrases
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]Example Sentences
All of those gestures are simple and doable and speak volumes.
And I think that that silence really does speak volumes.
Offering a listening ear or a comforting presence can speak volumes when words feel inadequate.
“You can speak volumes about the stadium and just the crowd that came out to support the city. I wish I was playing.â€
Hench: “I want to tell a story: We were crossing Ventura Boulevard — this big multilane street — and right in the middle of the crosswalk there was a praying mantis. And without missing a beat, didn’t Marlo reach down and pick up this praying mantis and carry it with her across to the other side of the street and put it on the lawn? Now, doesn’t that speak volumes?â€
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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