| 词汇 | talk through one's hat |
| 释义 | Idiom talk through one's hat Theme: BOASTING to talk nonsense; to brag and boast. (Informal.)John isn't really as good as he says. He's just talking through his hat.Stop talking through your hat and start being sincere! Slang talk through one's hat Theme: LYING in. to say baseless things; to speak carelessly and tell lies.Pay no attention to my friend here. He's just talking through his hat.You don't know what you are talking about. You're just talking through your hat. talk through (one's) hat1. To say foolish things; to talk nonsense. Don't pay Jonathan any mind, Mary, he's just talking through his hat again. 2. To exaggerate one's achievements or knowledge; to bluff or boast. Dorothy keeps saying she can outrun anyone in our school, but she's talking through her hat if you ask me. It seemed like the candidate was talking through his hat for a while when the debate turned to the topic of tax policy. talk through one's hatTalk 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] talk through one's hat, toTo talk nonsense; to pontificate about something one knows little or nothing about. This late nineteenth-century expression calls up an image that makes no sense whatever. Theodore Pratt (Thunder Mountain, 1944) added a little meaning to it, writing, “You’re talking through your hat, and your hat is full of holes.” |
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