Go without saying

Go without saying is a little phrase people use to mean that something is obvious or easily understood.
Don’t forget to slip, slap, slop* in Japan. If you don’t, it goes without saying that you’ll get burned even on Iriomote Jima.

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English Phrase: Go without saying

Go without saying is a little phrase people use to mean that something is obvious or easily understood.


For example, for an English teacher from a foreign country to enter Japan, they must prove they have a university degree.

Therefore, it goes without saying that all the foreign teachers in Japan have gone to university.

As another example, the Japanese summer sun is scorching, especially in August.

Of course, it goes without saying you’ll get sunburn if you spend a lot of time outside without wearing sunscreen.

Don’t forget to slip, slap, slop before you go to the beach.

That’s all for this post, but it goes without saying I’ll be back again tomorrow, bye!

Slip, slap, slop: Slip on a shirt, slap on a hat, slop on some sunscreen. (I learned this as a kid)


This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).

On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 68.

The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.



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