Video Transcript
Hi everyone, I hope you're doing well.
Welcome to this new video where we'll look at a French expression together in just a few minutes. Today, we're going to look at the expression "ca va sans dire."
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"Ca va sans dire" - what does it mean?
"Ca va sans dire" simply means that something is obvious. You don't even need to say it - "ca va sans dire." It means that something is so obvious it's not even worth using your breath to say it. It goes without saying.
For example, if I'm at a restaurant and the person I'm with and I are both big foodies who love eating, I might ask "shall we get dessert?"
And the person will very likely answer "ca va sans dire" - meaning it's obvious that we're getting dessert.
It's implied, it's such an obvious question because it goes without saying.
Another example. Say you send your wife, husband, boyfriend, girlfriend, or a friend to the grocery store and you asked them to get milk.
When they come back, if you ask "did you get milk?"
They'll answer "ca va sans dire" - that was the main reason they went shopping in the first place. So it means it's obvious that they got it.
That's it for today. It was a very short video to introduce you to this expression.
I hope you liked this expression and that you'll be able to use it yourself too.
See you very soon, and don't forget to like the video if you enjoyed it.
A bientot!