be talking through hat



be talking through your hat

  (old-fashioned, informal)
to be talking about a subject as if you know a lot about it when in fact you know very little The man's talking through his hat. He doesn't know the first thing about banking.
See also: hat, talk

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yoni-Hebrew
Gus (2)GUSGreek
Marte-Norwegian
DÁVid-Hungarian, Slovak
Snorri-Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
EmelyEM-ə-leeEnglish (Modern)