All Hat -- and No Cattle

Posted by R. Berg on April 18, 2004

In Reply to: All Hat -- and No Cattle posted by Irene on April 18, 2004

: When I lived in the north of the UK the expression was "all fur coat and no drawers"
: : : ::::All talk and no action ---- and I like the Brooklyn language.

: : It's not Brooklyn but almost the same, Hebrew, we say he is "all noise and bells", or
: : In Aramic (ancient language: Istra Belagina kish kish Karia, which means, one coin in a box makes a lot of noise.

: : "no bears and no woods" for something that does not exist. I went there and there were no bears and no woods. It's a bit different than empty talk, but same form.

"He talks a good game."

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