Idiom
all talk and no cider
Meaning
All talk and no results.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He promises to help, but he is all talk and no cider.”
“My neighbor says he will fix the fence every weekend, but he is all talk and no cider.”
“Despite his grand speeches about reforming the company, the manager proved to be all talk and no cider when it came to actual policy changes.”
Examples
simple
“He promises to help, but he is all talk and no cider.”
contextual
“My neighbor says he will fix the fence every weekend, but he is all talk and no cider.”
complex
“Despite his grand speeches about reforming the company, the manager proved to be all talk and no cider when it came to actual policy changes.”
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