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单词 be all hat and no cattle
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be all hat and no cattle

US informal Tend to talk boastfully without acting on one’s words: in my view, the Senators are all mouth and no action or, as we say in my part of the country, all hat and no cattle...
  • They're all hat and no cattle, a long run for a short slide.
  • And when you run ads saying you are going to take care of Social Security, my friend, that's all hat and no cattle.
  • It's all hat and no cattle, all buckle and no belt; or, as a noted English playwright once put it, ‘It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.’
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