all talk and no trousers

all talk and no trousers

proverb Full of boastful, arrogant, or shallow talk that never materializes into results. A variant of "all mouth and trousers," meaning the same thing. Primarily heard in Australia. The team's manager keeps promising title after title, but he's seeming like all talk and no trousers at this point. He talks a big game, but when it actually comes to asking out a woman, he's all talk and no trousers.

See also: all, and, no, talk, trouser

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