金が物を言う

かねがものをいう

Money talks

目で物を言う

めでものをいう

to communicate with a look, to talk with one's eyes

目は口ほどに物を言う

めはくちほどにものをいう

one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words, the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts, the eyes are the windows to the soul, eyes are as eloquent as the tongue

物言う

ものいう ものゆう

to talk, to carry meaning

寝言を言う

ねごとをいう

to talk in one's sleep

礼を言う

れいをいう

to thank

物言い

ものいい

manner of speaking

物言う株主

ものいうかぶぬし

activist shareholder; outspoken shareholder

意見を言う

いけんをいう

to state one's opinion

無理を言う

むりをいう

to ask a big favour, to ask unreasonable things, to be unreasonable

不足を言う

ふそくをいう

to complain, to express one's dissatisfaction

文句を言う

もん くをいう

to complain; to make a complaint

悪口を言う

わるくちをいう あっこうをいう

to insult, to say something insulting about, to bad-mouth

贅沢を言う

ぜいたくをいう

to ask for too much; to expect too much

馬鹿を言う

ばかをいう

to talk nonsense

欲を言うと

よくをいうと

ideally; if one were to wish for more

本音を言う

ほんねをいう

to speak one's mind, to be frank, to tell the truth, to be brutally honest

言葉を失う

ことばをうしなう

to become speechless; to be at a loss for words

実を言うと

じつをいうと じつをゆうと

as a matter of fact, to tell the truth