you know the old saying about all work and no play?:
proverb, maxim, aphorism, axiom, adage, saw, tag, motto, precept, epigram, epigraph, dictum, gnome, pearl of wisdom;
expression, phrase, formula;
slogan, catchphrase;
platitude, cliché, commonplace, truism;
rare apophthegm.
□ it goes without saying
of course, naturally, needless to say, it is taken for granted, it is understood/assumed, it is taken as read, it is accepted, it is unquestionable, it is an accepted fact;
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