Idiom
all sizzle and no steak
Meaning
A thing or person which fails to measure up to its description or advance promotion.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That new movie is all sizzle and no steak.”
“The marketing campaign promised a revolutionary product, but the device turned out to be all sizzle and no steak.”
“While the candidate’s speech was filled with grand promises and charismatic delivery, voters soon realized the platform was all sizzle and no steak.”
Examples
simple
“That new movie is all sizzle and no steak.”
contextual
“The marketing campaign promised a revolutionary product, but the device turned out to be all sizzle and no steak.”
complex
“While the candidate’s speech was filled with grand promises and charismatic delivery, voters soon realized the platform was all sizzle and no steak.”
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