C’est à vous à parler = It is your turn to speak.
C’est à vous de parler = It is your duty to speak.
Qu’il vienne, il trouvera à qui parler = Let him come, he will find his match.
Trop gratter cuit, trop parler nuit = Least said, soonest mended; Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
[Italian: Chi parla semina, chi tace raccoglie = Who speaks sows, who keeps silence reaps.
Qui d’autruy parler voudra
Regarde soi et il taira.]
*Jamais beau parler n’écorcha la langue = Fair words never did harm; Civility costs nothing.
Il a son franc parler = He is free-spoken.
Parole
*Vous avez la parole = It is your turn to speak; You are allowed to speak (i.e. you have caught the Speaker’s eye). See [Avoir].