<entry id="1982966" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2417220</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>言うだけ野暮</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>いうだけやぼ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<gloss>it's tactless to state the obvious</gloss>
<gloss>that's best left unsaid</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2008-11-21 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2017-12-08 09:42:07" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
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<upd_refs>daijs</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;id;&lt;/misc&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;You would only waste your words&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;proverb;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;saying outright what is tacitly understood is tactless&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2017-12-24 21:05:09" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>perhaps 'let sleeping dogs lie'</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-06-14 01:29:11" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I don't think it's a proverb.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5 example: 言うだけ野暮だ． You would only waste your 「words ［breath］.
ルミナス: 言うだけ野暮だが Though it's crude to come right out and say it, …
中辞典: 彼のように几帳面な人に時間厳守なんて言うだけ野暮だ. It would be tactless to remind so scrupulous a person as he to be punctual.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12 +11,0 @@
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;proverb;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-06-17 20:13:57" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>Can we simplify the gloss?</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -12 +12,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;saying outright what is tacitly understood is tactless&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;it's tactless to state the obvious&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;that's best left unsaid&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-06-20 12:03:49" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>OK</upd_detl>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>