All-mouth-and-trousers Definition

adjective

(UK, idiomatic) Superficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.

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Origin of All-mouth-and-trousers

  • mouth, meaning "talk" rather than action and trousers, meaning "showy clothes" i.e. outward or superficial appearance. The phrase originated in Northern England.

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