talk the talk ... walk the walk

If you say that someone talks the talk but does not walk the walk, you mean that they do not act in a way that agrees with the things they say. When it comes to recycling he talks the talk but he doesn't walk the walk.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Alcaeus	al-SEE-əs (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Alexis	ah-LEK-sis (German), al-ek-SEE (French), ə-LEK-sis (English)	German, French, English, Greek, Ancient Greek
Endika	-	Basque
Patty	['pæti]
Tarmo	TAHR-mo (Finnish)	Estonian, Finnish
Wealhm&Aelig;R	-	Anglo-Saxon