easier said than done

English

easier said than done (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish.
- 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:
  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
Chinese:
Mandarin: 談何容易 (zh), 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
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
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: del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho, que se dice pronto

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