all talk and no trousers



all talk and no trousers

Full of boastful, arrogant, or shallow talk that never materializes into results. A variant of "all mouth and trousers," meaning the same thing. Primarily heard in UK. The team's manager keeps promising title after title, but he's seeming like all talk and no trousers at this point.
See also: all, and, talk, trouser

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sabinus-Ancient Roman
OsmondAHZ-məndEnglish (Rare)
KolmanKAWL-mahnGerman (Rare)
Katrijnkaht-RIENDutch
DotDAHTEnglish
Ragnvald-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish