big talk

big talk

Boastful, arrogant, or grandiose talk or statements, usually that which is without merit, veracity, or substance. Lucy is always full of big talk, but she rarely follows through on it.
See also: big, talk
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • be all mouth
  • talk at cross purposes
  • talk to
  • talk to (one)
  • What's on your mind?
  • straight talk
  • talk about
  • Talk about (something)!
  • talk about...
  • talk someone’s ear off
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Festival Director Bero Beyer described the talks as a "meeting of minds between filmmakers and audiences." IFFR also presents a series of Big Talks by filmmakers--and one actress--whose films are screening at the 2018 edition of the festival.
Rotterdam masterclasses announced, Taxi Driver's Paul Schrader to give talk
As part of their dedication to making information and advice more accessible, Newcastle Building Society's new The Big Talk events are available to everyone, not just existing customers.
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The trio, who went on to collaborate on Big Talk's most well-known films, are among a group of investors sharing a 10% stake in the company, who will gain just over PS150,000 each from the sale.
ITV is talk of the town as it snaps up acclaimed film company
Big Talk is the producer of Friday Night Dinner, Him & Her and Rev as well as films including Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World's End.
ITV takes over Big Talk Productions
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ITV takes over Big Talk Productions
The Big Talk, an event at the Make Business Hub, Dubai, gathered CEOs, entrepreneurs and students to share their expertise, views and success stories as part of the annual entrepreneur competition The Big Start.
Leading entrepreneurs give advice in Dubai
Small talk can lead to big talk, and he'll appreciate your making an effort.
Too shy for guys
The session -- titled The Big Talk with Keith Williams -- will be an unmissable event.
BA boss for WTM
"It's a bitter pill to swallow especially after all the big talk. To go out there and not be able to produce the goods, and I've said I'll produce the goods for so many years now, not being able to do it in such a big fight is really frustrating.
Haye still wants rematch with champ Klitschko; Haye is taking criticism on chin
She was recently named one of the trustees to the BFI governing board, where she will join the likes of Warner Bros.' Josh Berger and Big Talk producer Matthew Justice to increase representation of people closely involved in filmmaking.
Lisbeth Savill
And how are other nations to esteem America's big talk on nonproliferation while it develops new classes of nuclear weapons?
Frosted mini-nukes: new classes of "usable" nuclear weapons are on the Pentagon's menu. Who's buying?
Formally, Pendulum echoes Big Talk, 1985, an early billboard exhibited in Chicago whose two words--JUMBO MUMBO--were stacked one atop the other and could be read from left to right or, as suggested by the alternating color scheme, by moving one's eyes up and down from word to word.
Kay Rosen: Gray Kapernekas Gallery
There is this big talk of globalization by all nations and it's not the duty of the business community.
Big talkers
"The big talk here is about change to the commercial market," puts in William Jordon.
Breaking new ground in Long Island City
Last year, Johnson backed up his big talk on the gridiron and went on to have a Pro Bowl year, helping to lead his team, the New York Jets, to within a slim hair of their first Super Bowl berth in over three decades.
Score one for Keyshawn