all talk and no cider
all talk and no cider
All talk and no action. Full of strong words, promises, or intentions, but failing either to act on those words or to achieve results. He keeps threatening to quit if he doesn't get a raise, but I think he's all talk and no cider, considering how long he's been here.
See also: all, and, cider, no, talk
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- put (something) into words
- put into words
- exchange no more than
- exchange no more than (an amount of) words
- in so many words
- in so/as many words
- have no words for
- have no words for (someone or something)
- too (something) for words
- too funny, sad, etc. for words