Idiom
full of hot air
Meaning
Talking a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He promises everything but he's full of hot air.”
“The salesman talked for an hour, but we knew he was full of hot air and wouldn't deliver.”
“The politician's speech was full of hot air — grand promises with no plan to back them up.”
Examples
simple
“He promises everything but he's full of hot air.”
contextual
“The salesman talked for an hour, but we knew he was full of hot air and wouldn't deliver.”
complex
“The politician's speech was full of hot air — grand promises with no plan to back them up.”
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