| 词汇 | hot air |
| 释义 | hot air Theme: NONSENSE n. boasting; lying; nonsense.I've heard enough of your hot air.That's just a lot of hot air. Ignore it. Idiom hot air informal if something that someone says is just hot air, it is not sincere and will have no practical results.Their promises turned out to be just so much hot air. hot air noun spoken nonsense, inconsequential speech, meaningless words US, 1873hot airLies, exaggerations, or nonsense. Oh, you can't believe a word that guy says—he's full of hot air. That station broadcasts nothing but a bunch of hot air. hot airEmpty, exaggerated talk, as in That last speech of his was pure hot air. It is also put as full of hot air, as in Pay no attention to Howard-he's full of hot air. This metaphoric term transfers heated air to vaporous talk. [Late 1800s] hot airCOMMON If something that someone says or writes is hot air, it is not sincere. All their talk about co-operation is just so much hot air. There are still endless disputes. Parliament is often full of hot air, mock insults and fake hostility. hot airempty talk that is intended to impress. 1998 Times If a chief executive is convinced that a day spent hot-air ballooning is a more effective way of motivating the troops than a lot of hot air from him or her, then anything goes. hot ˈair(informal) impressive but worthless or empty promises: Don’t believe anything she says. It’s all hot air.hot air n. boasting; lying; nonsense. That’s just a lot of hot air. Ignore it. hot airEmpty boasting, pretentious talk; also, verbal nonsense. The term presumably refers to exhaling while pontificating. Mark Twain used it in The Gilded Age (1873): “The most airy schemes inflated the hot air of the Capital,” and indeed the term is often used with reference to politicians. |
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