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ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS,

CHILDREN AND FOOLS SPEAK THE TRUTH,

NOT TO MENTION or NOT TO SPEAK OF,

SHORT-SPOKEN,

SO TO SPEAK,

TO SPEAK OF.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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