hot air
Noun
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Noun
hot air (uncountable)
- (literal) Air that has been heated, especially so as to function as the lifting agent of a hot-air balloon.
- The balloon was equipped with a burner to create hot air for lift.
- (idiomatic) Empty, confused, or exaggerated talk lacking meaning or substance; bluster.
- 2001 June 24, Johanna McGeary, "[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,139456,00.html How Bad Is China?]," Time (retrieved 22 Sept 2013):
- Some of the steam in Washington rises from real issues, but a lot is the hot air of partisan politics.
- 2001 June 24, Johanna McGeary, "[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,139456,00.html How Bad Is China?]," Time (retrieved 22 Sept 2013):
- Italian: aria calda
- French: vent
- German: heiße Luft, Geschwafel
- Italian: aria fritta, fuffa
- Russian: пусто́е
- Spanish: palabrería, jarabe de pico (colloquial)
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