ものをいう – Vocabulary details

one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue

かねがものをいう

Geld sagt alles

めでものをいう

to communicate with a look; (lit.) to talk with one's eyes

Examples (4 in total)

考かんがえずにものをいうな。

Don't say anything without thinking.

彼かれは全まったくものをいわなかった。

He did not speak at all.

この仕し事ごとでは経けい験けんがものをいう。

Experience counts in this job.

実じっ際さいには、努ど力りょくよりも能のう力りょくのほうがものをいう。

In practice, ability counts for more than effort.

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Pitch accent

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Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

Examples (4 in total)