B2 C1 English idioms: Actions speak louder than words is a great idiom to use when you want to tell someone nicely that they don’t actually follow the same rules that they are insisting everyone else follow.
Actions speak louder than words
- What you do is more important and shows more clearly what you think than what you say
- This idiom is often used to gently tell someone that maybe they are not following the rules themselves or so say that you will believe what they say when they start actually doing it.
- If you want everyone to show up on time, you also need to do it. Actions speak louder than words, you know.
- He says that he would like everyone to be respectful, but actions speak louder than words.
Expression Session
Now that you have seen B2 C1 English idioms: Actions speak louder than words, take a look at our other Expression Session posts.
Expression Session: Call someone out
Expression Session: Have a ball
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