seeing is believing

English

(idiomatic) You need to see something to believe it; visible facts cannot be denied.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull:
  There's nothing like Matter of Fact; Seeing is Believing.
- 1848, J. C. and A. W. Hare, Guesses at Truth, second edition, page 497:
  Seeing is believing, says the proverb. Though, of all our senses, the eyes are the most easily deceived, we believe them in preference to any other evidence.
(idiomatic) I am skeptical about your claim.
They said their product will be ready for shipment in two months and we could even "take that to the bank", but we've heard that before. Seeing is believing.

you need to see something to believe it

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 百聞不如一見 (zh), 百闻不如一见 (zh) (bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn), 眼见为实 (zh)
Dutch: eerst zien, dan geloven, zien is geloven
Finnish: uskoo, ken näkee
French: une image vaut mille mots (fr), ^{(please verify)} voir, c'est croire
Georgian: ასჯერ გაგონილს ერთხელ ნანახო ჯობიაო (asǯer gagonils ertxel nanaxo ǯobiao)
German: ein Bild sagt mehr als tausend Worte
Icelandic: sjón er sögu ríkari
Irish: déanann fearann fianaise, déanann feiceáil fírinne

Italian: vedere per credere
Japanese: 百聞は一見に如かず (ja) (ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず, hyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu)
Korean: 백문불여일견 (ko) (百聞不如一見, baeng-mun-bur-yeo-il-gyeon)
Latin: videre est credere
Portuguese: ver é crer
Russian: лу́чше оди́н раз уви́деть, чем сто раз услы́шать (ru) (lúčše odín raz uvídetʹ, čem sto raz uslýšatʹ), уви́деть — э́то зна́чит пове́рить (uvídetʹ — éto znáčit povéritʹ), пока́ не уви́жу, не пове́рю (poká ne uvížu, ne povérju)
Spanish: ver para creer
Swedish: det tror jag när jag ser det
Vietnamese: bách văn bất như nhất kiến (vi) (百聞不如一見 (vi))

show of skepticism about a claim

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