Usage examples of "sans rien dire" in French with translation to English

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Il est parti sans rien dire. He left without saying anything.
Il a quitté le bureau sans rien dire à personne. He left the office without saying a word to anyone.
Je me suis sauvé sans rien dire puisque je ne voulais pas perdre notre amour. I ran away without saying anything because I didn't want to lose our love.
L'âme qui désire que Dieu se rende entièrement à elle, doit se rendre entièrement à lui sans rien garder pour elle. The soul that desires God to surrender himself to it entirely must surrender itself entirely to him without keeping anything for itself.
Cette phrase ne veut rien dire. This sentence doesn't mean anything.
Elle profita de notre hospitalité et resta un mois entier sans rien nous payer. She took advantage of our hospitality and stayed a whole month without paying us anything.
Parfois il est préférable de juste ne rien dire du tout. Sometimes it's better to just not say anything.
Ne soyez pas si gourmand ou vous finirez sans rien. Don't be so greedy or you'll wind up with nothing.
Ça veut rien dire ! It doesn't mean anything!
Je ne peux rien dire à ce sujet. I can't say anything about that.
Comme c'est le caractère des grands esprits de faire entendre en peu de paroles beaucoup de choses, les petits esprits au contraire ont le don de beaucoup parler, et de ne rien dire. Just as it is the tendency of great minds to make one hear much with few words, small minds have a talent for talking a lot, and saying nothing.
Tu ne peux rien dire jusqu'à ce que tu connaisses les circonstances. You can't say anything till you know the circumstances.
En face de son père, il ne peut rien dire. He can't say anything to his father's face.
Il s'est tellement excité que ce qu'il racontait ne voulait rien dire. He became so excited that what he said made no sense at all.
Avec une expression perplexe il dit, "Je n'ai rien entendu, donc je ne peux rien dire." He said with a perplexed expression, "I've heard nothing, so I can't say anything."
Je ne peux rien dire pour le moment. I can not say anything for the moment.
Sa femme devait maintenant prendre soin de son grand-père, pour ne rien dire de leur deux enfants. His wife now had to take care of his grandfather, not to mention their two children.
Les gens parlent pour ne rien dire. People talk without having anything to say.
Mieux vaut se taire que parler pour ne rien dire. It is better to remain silent, than to talk without purpose.
Je ne pouvais rien dire en présence de mon père. I could say nothing in my dad's presence.
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