all mouth and trousers

== English == === Alternative forms === all mouth and no trousers === Etymology === From mouth, meaning "talk" rather than action, and trousers, presumably at the time of origin, a reference to masculinity, either as trousers as a male item of clothing, or a reference to the genitals. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === all mouth and trousers (not comparable) (UK, idiomatic) Superficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance. Synonyms: (vulgar) all fart and no shit, all fart and no poo ==== Translations ==== === See also === all hat and no cattle money talks, bullshit walks talk the talk walk the talk walk the walk === References === Michael Quinion (2004), “All mouth and trousers”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.