all hat and no cattle

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Synoniemen

bravura

kitsch

ostentatious

splashy

Vertalingen

طنان

ostentós

pretensiós

fastuós

demonstrativ

ostentativ

prahlerisch

prätentiös

großspurig

pomphaft

fastueux

prétentieux

ostentativo

gonfiante

Etymologie (Engels)

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.