all cry and no wool
all cry and no wool
A great deal of fuss, noise, fanfare, or protestation over something of little or no substance, importance, or relevance. My opponent has been making outlandish claims about my track record so as to foment distrust in the public, but I assure you, his remarks are all cry and no wool.
See also: all, and, cry, no, wool
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- great cry and little wool
- more cry than wool
- wool
- be thrown into the scale (of something)
- scale
- throw something on the scale
- no glove, no love
- keep it down to a dull roar
- make a fuss about (someone or something)
- make about