Say It All Meaning

(idiomatic) To express the essential characteristics of a person, thing, or situation in a concise, well-crafted turn of phrase or in some other pithy manner.[1]

Example: 1987 May 3, Thomas J. Knudson, "Montana Grapples with High Worker Insurance," New York Times (retrieved 4 June 2015):
  "One Idaho logger told my sons, ‘We're stealing your lunch,’" said Connie M. Wood, owner of the Topper Wood Trucking Company in Libby. "That seems to say it all."
2004 Feb. 13, Denise Pearson, "And they say romance is dead...," Guardian (UK) (retrieved 4 June 2015):
  The look on his face said it all. He was terrified!
2011 Jan. 20, James Poniewozik, "The Onion's New Fake News Show," Time (retrieved 4 June 2015):
  The show's slogan says it all: "News without mercy."
2015 May 30, Helen Carson, "Pic of the week: Downer... Rory struggles on home soil," Belfast Telegraph (retrieved 4 June 2015):
  Rory McIlroy looked downcast . . . his body language saying it all, head down and shoulders slumped, he is a picture of bitter disappointment.