all mouth and trousers

all mouth and trousers

Full of boastful, arrogant, or shallow talk, usually by a male, who then cannot deliver on his claims. The variant form, "all mouth and no trousers" (meaning the same), is also often used. Primarily heard in UK. I find that most of the men in the city are all mouth and trousers. They all act like they are God's gift to women, but I've yet to meet one who's at all interesting. The opposition party is all mouth and trousers, for they have no real plan to address the things they are criticizing.
See also: all, and, mouth, trouser
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • all mouth and no trousers
  • trouser
  • all piss and wind
  • all talk and no trousers
  • be all mouth
  • big talk
  • great talkers are little doers
  • walk your talk
  • spout off
  • walk the talk
References in periodicals archive
Daly has taken just two tournaments in his comeback to show he is not all mouth and trousers.
Whilst Plaid tends to be "all mouth and trousers" and I can live with that, I have a problem with the Conservatives.
Mourinho's all mouth and trousers and that has been proved beyond all doubt this week.