all mouth and trousers

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Superficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance. UK,idiomatic,not-comparable

词形变化

all mouth and no trousers alternative

词源

From mouth, meaning "talk" rather than action, and trousers, presumably at the time of origin, a reference to masculinity, either as trousers as a male item of clothing, or a reference to the genitals.
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