单词 | talk through one's hat |
释义 | talk through one's hatSEE SYNONYMS FOR talk through one's hat ON THESAURUS.COM Talk nonsense; also, hold forth about something one knows very little about. For example, He was talking through his hat when he described the shipwreck, or Mother went on and on about various screwdrivers but in fact she was talking through her hat. The allusion in this idiom makes no sense either, which may be the point. [Late 1800s] Words nearby talk through one's hattalk sense, talk shop, talk show, talk someone's arm off, talk through, talk through one's hat, talk to, talk turkey, talk up, talky, tall The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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