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Phrase(s): easier said than done
Cliché said of a task that is easier to talk about than to do. • Yes, we must find a cure for cancer, but it’s easier said than done. • Finding a good job is easier said than done.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Also, more easily said than done. Describing something more readily talked about than accomplished, as in Keeping the cats off the sofa is easier said than done. This expression Also was put as sooner or better said than done. Today, the variant (more easily) is still heard less often than the original. [c. 1450]
American Heritage Idioms