all talk and no action
Noun
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Noun
all talk and no action (uncountable)
- Speaking, promising, or boasting much, but doing little.
- 20 January 2017, Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech
- We will no longer accept politicians who are all talk and no action - constantly complaining but never doing anything about it.
- 20 January 2017, Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech
- all bark and no bite
- all talk and no cider
- all talk, no show
- all booster, no payload
- all crown, no filling
- all foam, no beer
- all hammer, no nail
- all hat and no cattle
- all icing, no cake
- all lime and salt, no tequila
- all mouth and no trousers
- all mouth and trousers
- all shot, no powder
- all sing, no dance
- all sizzle and no steak
- all talk
- all wax and no wick
- Spanish: mucho hablar y poco hacer, mucho ruido y pocas nueces
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