Noun
all talk and no action (uncountable)
- (informal) Speaking, promising, or boasting much, but doing little; overpromising, but underdelivering.
- 20 January 2017, Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech
- We will no longer accept politicians who are all talk and no action - constantly complaining but never doing anything about it.
2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC:Jaal: Let's do it Peebee.
Peebee: Uh... do what?
Jaal: Find out if asari and angara can mate. You and I—we can be pilgrims.
Peebee: Uh, Ryder?
Ryder: You got yourself into this.
Peebee: Jaal... uh, yeah, that's not exactly in my immediate plans...
Jaal: You mean you'd let someone else beat you to it?
Peebee: I...
Jaal: I didn't know you were... what is that saying Ryder?
Ryder: All talk.
Jaal: All talk.
Translations
idiom
- Afrikaans: meer bek as binnegoed
- Catalan: molt soroll i poques nous
- Chinese: 光說不做 / 光说不做 (zh) (guāngshuōbùzuò), 只說不做 / 只说不做 (zhǐshuōbùzuò), 光說不幹 / 光说不干 (guāngshuōbùgān), 耍嘴皮子 (zh) (shuǎ zuǐpízi), 雷声大，雨点小 (zh) (léishēng dà, yǔdiǎn xiǎo), 雷聲大，雨點小 / 雷声大，雨点小 (zh) (léishēngdà, yǔdiǎnxiǎo)
- Dutch: veel geschreeuw en weinig wol
- Finnish: paljon puhetta ilman tekoja
- Italian: tutto fumo e niente arrosto, tanto fumo e poco arrosto
- Maori: he kōrero i pahawa, hōhonu waha - pāpaku uaua
- Polish: pozornie groźny; krowa, która dużo ryczy, mało mleka daje (pl) (idiomatic)
- Spanish: mucho hablar y poco hacer, mucho ruido y pocas nueces, mucho lerele y poco larala
- Swedish: Mycket snack och lite verkstad. (sv)
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