English Explanatory Dictionary

all mouth and no trousers

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Alternative form of all mouth and trousers.

Pronunciation

en-au-all mouth and no trousers.ogg

Word forms

all mouth and no trousers

Etymology

A possible corruption of all mouth and trousers, but consistent with phrases of the form all hat and no cattle and all bark and no bite. The implication of this phrase is that the person boasts, but is a laughing stock.

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