- talk\ big
- v informalTo talk boastfully; brag.
He talks big about his pitching, but he hasn't won a game.
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talk big — {v.}, {informal} To talk boastfully; brag. * /He talks big about his pitching, but he hasn t won a game./ … Dictionary of American idioms
talk big — {v.}, {informal} To talk boastfully; brag. * /He talks big about his pitching, but he hasn t won a game./ … Dictionary of American idioms
talk big — ► talk big informal talk confidently or boastfully. Main Entry: ↑big … English terms dictionary
talk big — (informal).See boast verb sense 1. → talk * * * phrasal : to talk boastfully or bombastically here was an unknown … who talked big but could he deliver Neal Stanford people have come to country towns, talked big or tried to organize fantastic… … Useful english dictionary
talk big — in. to brag; to make grandiose statements. □ She talks big, but can’t produce anything. □ He has some deep need to talk big. He can’t do anything … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
talk big — talk boastfully, brag He is always talking big but nobody believes what he says … Idioms and examples
talk big — informal talk confidently or boastfully. → big … English new terms dictionary
talk big — Synonyms and related words: Barnumize, aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, blow, blow off, blowhard, bombast, build up, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, draw the longbow, exaggerate, go to extremes, hyperbolize, inflate, lay it on, magnify, make… … Moby Thesaurus
talk big — brag, exaggerate, promise a lot Bert talks big before a game. He s more humble afterwards … English idioms
To talk big — Big Big (b[i^]g), a. [Compar. {Bigger}; superl. {Biggest}.] [Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden, Arm. beac h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr, (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
