Idiom
big talk
Meaning
Statements which are boastful or exaggerated.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't listen to his big talk about winning the game.”
“He promised to finish the project in one day, but it was just big talk.”
“Despite his big talk regarding his vast experience, he struggled to complete even the most basic tasks during the interview.”
Examples
simple
“Don't listen to his big talk about winning the game.”
contextual
“He promised to finish the project in one day, but it was just big talk.”
complex
“Despite his big talk regarding his vast experience, he struggled to complete even the most basic tasks during the interview.”
Origin
The term shares a construction with the Old English micelsprecende, literally "much speaking," used to denote boasting. The modern iteration follows the same pattern of equating physical scale or volume with the act of verbal self-aggrandisement.
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