easier said than done

Idioms and Phrases

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]

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