suit the action to the word

To follow through with actions that one talks about or intends to do. So far, China has been the only country to suit the action to the word when it comes to reducing the effects of climate change.

suit the action to the word

carry out your stated intentions at once.

The expression comes from the scene in Hamlet in which a troupe of actors arrive to present a play to the king and queen. Hamlet instructs them to ‘suit the action to the word, the word to the action’.

See also: action, suit, word

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

do something in a vacuum
in a vacuum
vacuum
shoot (oneself) in the foot
shoot in the foot
shoot oneself in the foot
shoot yourself in the foot
do as I say
do as I say, not as I do
the buck stops here

References in classic literature

"Then," replied Michel Ardan, ready to suit the action to the word, "let us put our heads down and our feet in the air, like the clowns in the grand circus."

Round The Moon

But these incarnations, produced by Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, while prompted by the original text, "suit the action to the word, the word to the action," to quote Shakespeare.

DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE

* Suit the action to the word. The goal established, the process can be tailored to it.

READ PLAYS RIGHT

As she argues, the early modern period saw the birth of the aesthetic ideal of verisimilitude, the need to "Suit the action to the word, the word to the action" (8-9): Hamlet himself famously ridicules cycle drama when he states he would have a fellow whipped for "o'erdoing Termagant.

Street Scenes: Late Medieval Acting and Performance

"It was Hamlet who said: 'Suit the action to the word and the word to the action'.

Oz teachers 'act out text' to teach Shakespeare

Complete with a detailed chronology that parallels world events with Olivier's career, this title takes a human look at an icon that dominated the entertainment world for over fifty years, a dreamer--who like the Danish prince he played many years ago--could suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

Olivier

词组	suit the action to the word
释义	suit the action to the word suit the action to the word To follow through with actions that one talks about or intends to do. So far, China has been the only country to suit the action to the word when it comes to reducing the effects of climate change. See also: action, suit, word Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. suit the action to the word carry out your stated intentions at once. The expression comes from the scene in Hamlet in which a troupe of actors arrive to present a play to the king and queen. Hamlet instructs them to ‘suit the action to the word, the word to the action’. See also: action, suit, word Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: do something in a vacuum in a vacuum vacuum shoot (oneself) in the foot shoot in the foot shoot oneself in the foot shoot yourself in the foot do as I say do as I say, not as I do the buck stops here References in classic literature "Then," replied Michel Ardan, ready to suit the action to the word, "let us put our heads down and our feet in the air, like the clowns in the grand circus." Round The Moon But these incarnations, produced by Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, while prompted by the original text, "suit the action to the word, the word to the action," to quote Shakespeare. DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE * Suit the action to the word. The goal established, the process can be tailored to it. READ PLAYS RIGHT As she argues, the early modern period saw the birth of the aesthetic ideal of verisimilitude, the need to "Suit the action to the word, the word to the action" (8-9): Hamlet himself famously ridicules cycle drama when he states he would have a fellow whipped for "o'erdoing Termagant. Street Scenes: Late Medieval Acting and Performance "It was Hamlet who said: 'Suit the action to the word and the word to the action'. Oz teachers 'act out text' to teach Shakespeare Complete with a detailed chronology that parallels world events with Olivier's career, this title takes a human look at an icon that dominated the entertainment world for over fifty years, a dreamer--who like the Danish prince he played many years ago--could suit the action to the word, the word to the action. Olivier
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