Proverbs that mean that something is obvious and/or easy to understand in a variety of languages. Equivalents of the 'crystal-clear / as clear as crystal' in English.
| Language | Idiom |
|---|---|
| Dutch | glashelder as bright as glass |
| French | clair comme de l'eau de roche as clear as rock water parfaitement limpide perfectly clean |
| German | glasklar as clear as glass |
| Italian | chiaro e limpido clean and clear chiarissimo very clean |
| Japanese | 曇りの無い (kumori no nai) cloudless |
| Spanish | más claro que el agua as clear as water |
| Polish | kryształowy crystal, limpid |
| Portuguese | cristalino crystalline |
| Romanian | clar ca lumina zilei clear as daylight |
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