{"id":17239,"date":"2019-02-28T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=17239"},"modified":"2019-02-23T09:36:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T14:36:52","slug":"english-phrase-of-the-day-speak-volumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/english-phrase-of-the-day-speak-volumes\/","title":{"rendered":"English phrase of the day: Speak volumes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4cKt6PNjGs4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Hi students and welcome to our final phrase of the day video for this month! Today\u2019s expression is <strong>speak volumes<\/strong>. Despite the verb \u201cspeak,\u201d this expression actually has nothing to do with talking. I heard it when someone was talking about a rich person who donates a lot of money to charity. She said that the rich person\u2019s donations <strong>speak volumes<\/strong> about their character.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeak volumes\u201d means to reveal a lot of information. We usually use it when action (or lack of action) shows a fact very clearly -often without needing words. So the rich person\u2019s donations reveal the fact that they are truly very generous.<\/p>\n<p>People often say that an action, a lack of action, a picture, or a facial expression speaks volumes. If the government says that education is important, but doesn\u2019t invest any funds or resources in education, that <strong>speaks volumes<\/strong> about their true priorities -it clearly shows that they actually DON\u2019T consider education important. If you cook a dish for your friend and it doesn\u2019t taste good, your friend might not say anything directly&#8230; but the disgusted expression on their face would <strong>speak volumes<\/strong> -it would reveal the fact that they didn\u2019t like the food.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all for today, and this is the end of our February phrases. It\u2019s a good idea to go back and review all the expressions we\u2019ve learned this month, so that you don\u2019t forget them. If you want to continue learning, check out my Everyday English Speaking Courses. They\u2019re based on conversations, and they\u2019re great for learning real phrases and expressions used by native English speakers. Click on the link in the video or in the description for more information. 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Today\u2019s expression is speak volumes. Despite the verb \u201cspeak,\u201d this expression actually has nothing to do with talking. I heard it when someone was talking about a rich person who donates a lot of money to charity. She said that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19285,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speaking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>English phrase of the day: Speak volumes - Espresso English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi students and welcome to our final phrase of the day video for this month! Today\u2019s expression is speak volumes. 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