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
Siemowit-Polish (Archaic)
Harding['ha:diŋ]
Beach[bi:tʃ]
TomÁSto-MAHS (Spanish), too-MASH (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese, Irish
Chifuniro-Southern African, Chewa
Jacob['dʒeikəb]