English Explanatory Dictionary

all mouth and trousers

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Superficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.

Pronunciation

en-au-all mouth and trousers.ogg

Word forms

all mouth and trousers all mouth and no trousers

Etymology

From mouth, meaning "talk" rather than action, and trousers, presumably at the time of origin, a reference to masculinity, either as trousers as a male item of clothing, or a reference to the genitals.

Synonyms

all fart and no shit all fart and no poo

Related words

all hat and no cattle money talks, bullshit walks walk the talk walk the walk talk the talk
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