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full of hot air
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full of hot air and full of beans; full of bull; full of it; full of prunes
Fig. full of nonsense; talking nonsense. Oh, shut up, Mary. You're full of hot air. Don't pay any attention to Bill. He's full of beans. My English professor is full of bull. You're full of it.
See also: air, full, hot


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As a class, read a giant tale with a dramatically different setting--such as Jack Outwits the Giants, by Paul Brett Johnson (Simon & Schuster, 2002), set in Appalachia; or Jack and the Giant: A Story Full of Beans, by Jim Harris (Rising Moon Books, 1992), set in the Arizona desert.
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