all mouth and trousers

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

mouth, meaning "insolence" or "an insolent person" and trousers, meaning "a pushy sexual bravado". The phrase originated in Northern England.

Adjective [edit]

all mouth and trousers (not comparable)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) Superficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.

Translations [edit]

superficial

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  • "All mouth and trousers" in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds, 2004.
Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=all_mouth_and_trousers&oldid=17862614"