Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs: Talk is cheap |
Cf. [c 1600 A. Munday et al. Sir T. More (1911) 23] Woords are but wordes, and payes not what men owe; [1639 Chapman & Shirley Ball v. i.] You may heare talke; but give me the man That has measur'd 'em: talkes but talke.
Seying goes good cheap.
[1668 R. B. Adagia Scotica 47]
Talk is cheap, it don't cost nothin' but breath.
[1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché I. ii.]
Talk's cheap. You could never make me believe that.
[1929 K. C. Strahan Footprints i.]
‘Talk is cheap‥because the supply always exceeds the demand.’
[2002 Washington Times 16 Mar. F15 (Herb & Jamaal comic strip)]
Related to: boasting; words and deeds
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