| 单词 | mouth and trousers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmouth and trousers m. colloquial. to be all mouth (also to be all mouth and (no) trousers [compare gas and gaiters at gas n.1 and adj. Phrases 1b] ): to engage (habitually) in empty or boastful talk, to bluster. mouth and trousers: an instance of such talk or behaviour. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)] > have a tendency towards boasting to be all moutha1961 the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > be or become impudent [verb (intransitive)] > use impudent language > have tendency towards to be all moutha1961 1955 R. Galton & A. Simpson Hancock's Half-hour (1987) 47 Smarmy he is. Look at him. All teeth and trousers.] a1961 Time in Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1961) (at cited word) He is not all mouth..he gets results. 1961 L. P. Hartley Two for River 49 It's not a bad life. Most men are all mouth and trousers—well, I like the trousers best, if you know what I mean. 1966 T. Frisby There's Girl in my Soup i. 15 I can't stand her. All mouth and trousers. 1986 T. Barling Smoke ix. 174 ‘You'll cough,’ said Quill. ‘You've got more chance of growing a second navel,’ Vinnie hissed. ‘Mouth and trousers,’ Quill said and made fists. 1986 City Limits 12 June 10 You're mouth man. All mouth. 1987 Sunday Times 23 Aug. 7/1 Nor does it have a lot to say, unlike the lady herself, who as every film critic knows, is all mouth and no trousers. 1999 S. Perera Haven't stopped dancing Yet xii. 161 Martin thinks he's got investors in Bahrain who're gagging for property, but Luxy's all mouth. < as lemmas |
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