all hat and no cattle

Signification (Anglais)

Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.

Concepts

fastueux

prétentieux

Synonymes

bravura

kitsch

ostentatious

splashy

Traductions

طنان

ostentós

pretensiós

fastuós

demonstrativ

ostentativ

prahlerisch

prätentiös

großspurig

pomphaft

ostentativo

gonfiante

presumido

fastuoso

Étymologie (Anglais)

In reference to cattle ranchers and the hats they stereotypically wear; also derives from people wearing cowboy hats as fashion, but who are not actually cowboys, i.e., a poser, or a pretentious and phony individual.