Idiom
hot air
Meaning
Empty, confused, or exaggerated talk lacking meaning or substance; bluster.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't listen to him, it is all just hot air.”
“The politician promised many new changes, but the voters realized it was mostly hot air.”
“Despite the manager's grand promises of a company-wide bonus, the staff dismissed his speech as nothing more than hot air.”
Examples
simple
“Don't listen to him, it is all just hot air.”
contextual
“The politician promised many new changes, but the voters realized it was mostly hot air.”
complex
“Despite the manager's grand promises of a company-wide bonus, the staff dismissed his speech as nothing more than hot air.”
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