to speak of

Meaning

to speak of

(idiomatic, usually negative) sufficient; important or significant enough to be worth mentioning.

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Related terms

speaking of speak of

Examples

I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted. Alan Turing

Backbite. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you. Ambrose Bierce

All names of God remain hallowed because they have been used not only to speak of God but also to speak to him. Martin Buber

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent. Latin Proverb

It is good to know the truth, but it is better to speak of palm trees. Arabic Proverb

Death is unable to speak of the ancestor. Burkina Faso Proverb

Words in the phrase

to speak of

Close letter words and terms

to spare to sparkle to spawn to spend to spite to split up