all hat and no cattle
Meaning
Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.
Synonyms
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طنان
ostentós
pomphaft
fastueux
ostentativoEtymology
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.
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