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4444mv Posted 7 years ago
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People who understand

Hi everybody,

Is there any idiom that expresses the idea that there is no need for many words to people who understand quickly?

Thanks.

  

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Something that comes to mind is the expression "a word to the wise"; you can see some various definitions of what this means at:

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+word+to+the+wise

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Possibly, for example:


It goes without saying that you should be polite with strangers.

Let me run this by you quickly.

That's the explanation for this. Got it?

Was that too fast for you?

Let me put it to you briefly.

I'm not going to dwell on this.

Here's the gist of it, in a nutshell.


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