easier said than done comparative form only
( idiomatic ) Easy to propose , but difficult to accomplish .
Antonyms: piece of cake see also Thesaurus:easy thing 1858 Thomas Carlyle , History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick the Great , volume 1, page 288 :Which is a thing more easily said, than made good in the way of doing.
2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport [1] Scott Parker was desperately urging England's players to keep possession - but it was easier said than done amid waves of Ukraine attacks and it needed a penalty area block from the Tottenham midfield man to thwart Devic.
easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish
Catalan: del prometre al complir, hi ha molt de tros per penedir una cosa és predicar i una altra és donar blat és més fàcil dir-ho que fer-ho
Chinese:
Mandarin: 談何容易 ／ 谈何容易 (zh) ( tánhéróngyì ) , 說得倒輕巧 ／ 说得倒轻巧 ( shuō de dào qīng qiao )
Danish: lettere sagt end gjort
Dutch: makkelijker gezegd dan gedaan
Finnish: helpommin sanottu kuin tehty
French: plus facile à dire qu’à faire (fr)
German: leichter gesagt als getan
Hebrew: בין אמר לעשה ת"ק פרסה
Hungarian: könnyebb mondani, mint megtenni könnyű mondani
Icelandic: hægara sagt en gert ( it is easier said than done ) það er hægara sagt en gert hægara ort en gert ( it is easier said than done ) það er hægara ort en gert
Italian: più facile a dirsi che a farsi
Japanese: 言うは易く行うは難し (ja) ( iu wa yasuku okonau wa katashi ) , 言うは易し ( iu wa yasushi )
Latin: facilius est dictū quam factū
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lettere sagt enn gjort
Polish: łatwo powiedzieć
Portuguese: é mais fácil dizer do que fazer é mais fácil falar do que fazer
Russian: про́ще сказа́ть, чем сде́лать ( próšče skazátʹ, čem sdélatʹ )
Serbo-Croatian: lakše reći nego učiniti
Spanish: es fácil decirlo es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho que se dice pronto una cosa es predicar, y otra dar trigo
Swedish: lättare sagt än gjort
Tagalog: madaling sabihin, mahirap gawin