- all talk and no trousers
- All talk and no trousers(UK) Someone who is all talk and no trousers, talks about doing big, important things, but doesn't take any action.
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all talk and no trousers — (UK) Someone who is all talk and no trousers, talks about doing big, important things, but doesn t take any action. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
All talk and no trousers — (UK) Someone who is all talk and no trousers, talks about doing big, important things, but doesn t take any action … Dictionary of English idioms
all talk and no action — adjective Speaking, promising, or boasting much, but doing little. He never gets his job done. Hes just all talk and no action. Syn: all booster, no payload, all crown, no filling, all foam, no beer, all hammer, no nail, all hat and no cattle,… … Wiktionary
all talk and no cider — adjective all talk and no results. Syn: all talk and trousers … Wiktionary
be all mouth (and no trousers) — informal tend to talk boastfully but not to act on one s words. → mouth … English new terms dictionary
be all mouth and no trousers — ► be all mouth (and no trousers) informal tend to talk boastfully but not to act on one s words. Main Entry: ↑mouth … English terms dictionary
all hat and no cattle — adjective Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious. A fortune can be made on the prairie, and thats what me and Mr. B aim to do. Dont aim to be all hat and no cattle forever, let me tell you! Syn: all bark and no … Wiktionary
all mouth and trousers — adj British blustering and boastful, showing off with out having the qualities to justify it. A commonly heard dismissive phrase, typi cally said by women about a loud or assertive man. There is a suggestion that this is a corruption of the more… … Contemporary slang
all mouth and trousers — adjective Superficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance … Wiktionary
be all mouth — British, American & Australian, informal, British, informal if someone is all mouth, they talk a lot about doing something but they never do it. She says she ll complain to the manager but I think she s all mouth. You re all mouth and no trousers … New idioms dictionary
