BE ALL MOUTH (AND NO TROUSERS)

Meaning of BE ALL MOUTH (AND NO TROUSERS) in English

informal

tend to talk boastfully but not to act on one's words.

→ mouth

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NO
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AND
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ALL
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TROUSERS — pantalon
English interlingue dictionary
TROUSERS — karsones;saluwal
English-Visayan vocabulary
NO
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOUTH
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROUSERS — -zə(r)z noun plural Etymology: alteration (influenced by -ers as in drawers ) of trouse, from Scottish Gaelic triubhas, probably from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROUSERS — (n. pl.) A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to the knee or to the ankle, …
Английский словарь Webster
TROUSERS — ( n. pl. ) A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to the knee or to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TROUSERS — — trouserless , adj. /trow"zeuhrz/ , n. ( used with a pl. v. ) 1. Sometimes, trouser . Also called …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NO — no 1 /noh/ , adv., adj., n., pl. noes, nos , v. adv. 1. (a negative used to express dissent, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOUTH — — mouther , n. — mouthless , adj. n. /mowth/ ; v. /mowdh/ , n. , pl. mouths /mowdhz/ , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALL — /awl/ , adj. 1. the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NO — I. ˈnō adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nā, from ne not + ā always; akin to Old Norse …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOUTH — I. ˈmau̇th noun ( plural mouths ˈmau̇thz also ˈmau̇z, ˈmau̇ths; in synecdochic compounds like “blabbermouths” ths more frequently ) Usage: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOUTH
Webster English vocab
MOUTH — [mouth] n, pl mouths often attrib [ME, fr. OE muth; akin to OHG mund mouth and perh. to L mentum …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TROUSERS — also spelled Trowsers, an outer garment covering the lower half of the body from the waist to the ankles and …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOUTH
Britannica English vocabulary
TROUSERS — trousers BrE AmE ˈtraʊz əz !!-ɪz AmE \ - ə rz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TROUSERS — / ˈtraʊzəz; NAmE -zərz/ ( especially BrE ) ( NAmE usually pants ) noun [ pl. ] a piece of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — / nəʊ; NAmE noʊ/ exclamation , determiner , adverb , noun ■ exclamation 1. used to give a negative reply …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOUTH — noun , verb ■ noun / maʊθ; NAmE / ( pl. mouths / maʊðz; NAmE /) PART OF FACE 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALL — / ɔːl; NAmE / determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ determiner 1. (used with plural nouns. The noun may have …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TROUSERS — trou ‧ sers S2 /ˈtraʊzəz $ -ərz/ BrE AmE noun [plural] especially British English [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: trouse …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NO — I. no 1 S1 W1 /nəʊ $ noʊ/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: na , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOUTH — I. mouth 1 S2 W1 /maʊθ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural mouths /maʊðz/) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALL — I. all 1 S1 W1 /ɔːl $ ɒːl/ BrE AmE determiner , predeterminer , pronoun 1 . the whole of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TROUSERS — n.pl. 1 an outer garment reaching from the waist usu. to the ankles, divided into two parts to cover the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adv. & n. --adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOUTH — n. & v. --n. (pl. mouths) 1 a an external opening in the head, through which most animals admit food …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ALL — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 a the whole amount, quantity, or extent of (waited all day; all his life; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TROUSERS — n.pl. 1 an outer garment reaching from the waist usu. to the ankles, divided into two parts to cover the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adv. & n. adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOUTH — n. & v. n. (pl. mouths) 1 a an external opening in the head, through which most animals admit food …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ALL — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a the whole amount, quantity, or extent of (waited all day; all his life; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TROUSERS — n.pl. 1. an outer garment reaching from the waist usu. to the ankles, divided into two parts to cover the …
Oxford English vocab
NO — 1. adj.1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
MOUTH — n. & v. --n. (pl. mouths) 1. a an external opening in the head, through which most animals admit food …
Oxford English vocab
ALL — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. a the whole amount, quantity, or extent of (waited all day; all his life; …
Oxford English vocab
TROUSERS — Note: The form 'trouser' is used as a modifier. 1. Trousers are a piece of clothing that you wear over …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — ( noes, or no’s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOUTH — Pronounced /maʊθ/ for the noun, and /maʊð/ for the verb. The form 'mouths' is pronounced /maʊðz/. ( mouthing, mouthed) Frequency: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALL — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use all to indicate that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TROUSERS — Note: The form 'trouser' is used as a modifier. 1. Trousers are a piece of clothing that you wear over …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TROUSERS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES drainpipe trousers kickflare trousers oilskin coat/jacket/trousers etc pair of trousers/scissors/glasses etc ▪ two pairs of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOUTH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TROUSERS — US usually and ANZ also pants [plural] [noun] - a piece of clothing that covers the lower part of the …
Cambridge English vocab
MOUTH — (BODY PART) [noun] [C] - the opening in the face of a person or animal, consisting of the lips and …
Cambridge English vocab
TROUSERS — See: WEAR THE TROUSERS.
Slang English vocab
MOUTH — See: BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN ONE'S MOUTH, BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH, BY WORD OF MOUTH, DOWN …
Slang English vocab
TROUSERS — noun (esp. BrE ) ⇨ See also ↑ pants ADJECTIVE ▪ long , short ( BrE ) ▪ I was …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TROUSERS — • ↑ wear the trousers
Longman Activator English vocab
NO — INDEX: 1. ways of saying no to a question, request, or suggestion 2. to say no to a question, request …
Longman Activator English vocab
TROUSERS — n. 25B6; plural noun SLACKS, chinos, jeans; N. Amer. pants; Brit. informal trews, strides, kecks, breeches; Austral. informal daks. See …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOUTH — n. 25B6; noun open your mouth : lips, jaws; maw, muzzle; informal trap, chops, kisser; Brit. informal gob, cakehole; N. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOUTH
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TROUSERS — See: WEAR THE TROUSERS.
Словарь английских идиом
MOUTH — See: BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN ONE'S MOUTH, BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH, BY WORD OF MOUTH, DOWN …
Словарь английских идиом

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