speak for itself

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to be so easy to see and understand that you do not need to say anything else about it / them

   I think the changes speak for themselves

   My record speaks for itself.

In the movies · 6

• on the record, speaks for itself.Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father2008
• I think the changes speak for themselvesSouthpaw2015
• Um, well, I'll let it speak for itself.Air2023
• My record speaks for itself.Training Day2001
• l'm not really speaking about the event itself.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2011
• this case speaks for itself .Paths of Glory1957
• - You didn't tell them about it? - It can speak for itself.The Devil's Advocate1997
• - Whoa, whoa. - I think the pic speaks for itself.The Hunt2020

Learn it in full scenes

• Training Day2001
  • Jake's First Day on the Job
  • Alonzo Makes Jake Tell a Story
  • Alonzo's Felony Stop
• Paths of Glory1957
  • Broulard Pitches the Anthill Offensive
  • Broulard Visits Dax at the Front
  • Mireau Orders Dax to Take the Anthill

From the same entry

• be on speaking terms
• generally, broadly, roughly, relatively, speaking
• no… to speak of
• so to speak
• speak for myself
• speak for yourself
• speaking as
• speak your mind
• speak out of turn
• speak volumes
• speak well of
• actions speak louder than words