all mouth and no trousers
Meaning
Alternative form of all mouth and trousers.
Synonyms
Translations
سطحي
superficial
oberflächlich
superficiel
superficiale
superficiālis
ondiep
superficial superficiau
superficial
someroEtymology
A possible corruption of all mouth and trousers, but consistent with phrases of the form all hat and no cattle and all bark and no bite. The implication of this phrase is that the person boasts, but is a laughing stock.
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