Del dicho al hecho hay un gran trecho.

Question

What is the answer to this? Del dicho al hecho hay un gran trecho.

Answer 1

Easier said than done.

I don't think this is the correct interpretation. Pesta's suggestion is much closer to the actual meaning. It does not mean that something is harder to realize than to propose it; rather it means that a promise, or an offer, may be very different from the - Gekkosan, Jan 19, 2011

...actual result. This is something that applies very nicely to politicians, who make all sorts of huge, glowing promises, but then tend to deliver a fraction of what was said. - Gekkosan, Jan 19, 2011

Answer 2

IMHO it's the same with the following:

Del dicho al hecho hay mucho

which also IMHO means:

It's a long way from saying things, rather than doing them .....or....

there's a big difference between saying something and doing it

Answer 3

Walking the walk is easier than talking the talk

It's in our phrasebook. - pesta, Jan 19, 2011

buena respuesta - 00494d19, Jan 19, 2011

It's correct in the phrasebook, but backwards here. Talking the talk is easy, walking the walk is hard. - lorenzo9, Jan 19, 2011

Shouldn't that be Talking the talk is easier that walking the talk. Saying it is easier than doing it. - 0074b507, Jan 19, 2011

Yes. Lorenzo and Qfreed are right. - Gekkosan, Jan 19, 2011

Politicians are gonna love your subtle change, there, pesta. :-) They'll be all like, "Hey, anyone can walk the walk. I'm trying to talk the talk, and that's not easy at all." - webdunce, Jan 19, 2011

Answer 4

It is exactly what bellamargarita said**. Easier said than done**.

Answer 5

I remember this one when I was a kid in my Spanish class back in the early to mid 70's, and it was my second favorite,,,, we had many quotes back then,,,,,This one literally means.....del decho-------from the said word,,,,,,al hecho----- to the doing,,,,,,,,Hay un gran trecho---- there's a big ditch......so form saying your are going to do something to actually doing it,,,,, can be a big task.....

Answer 6

Welcome to the Forum cb. As you become used to the site you will see that there are many handy tools - in this case as Pesta has pointed out - the Phrasebook would have been a great place to find your answer. There is also a fast translation tool - just doubleclick a single word - and also of course the Translation tool and Dictionary.