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词组 Welsh Windbag
释义 Welsh Windbag

politician Neil Kinnock (b.1942); hence, any loquacious Welsh person UK, 1984
A happy alliteration given to Kinnock from his weakness for big speeches that (unhappily) undermined his credibility with the electorate; the tag dates from his time as leader of the Labour party from 1983–92.
  • From the Welsh Windbag [Neil Kinnock] to Bambi [Tony Blair]. — Robin Ramsay, The Rise of New Labour,: chapter heading, 2003
  • It annoys me when detractors suggest he [Dylan Thomas] was only a verbal pyrotechnist or, an alternative version, he produced a handful of good poems, but otherwise was a Welsh windbag. — Andrew Lycett, Dylan Thomas, 2003
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