talk big
Brag, boast, as in I don't believe he's ever shot even a duck, but he sure talks big about hunting. This colloquial idiom was first recorded in 1699.
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How to use talk big in a sentence
But ma she tells him 't a man 't never does anything else might as well talk big words as little ones.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondMy wife is still in the hills, and we can talk big game without fear of boring the other sex.
The Tigress | Anne WarnerYou're like all the rest of them: you talk big, but you really don't want anything very important.
Twelve Men | Theodore DreiserYou think me a grand gentleman, because I talk big, and am full of noble sentiment.
Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green | Jerome K. JeromeThe constable and his mate talk big, a crowd gathers round, and 'A ring!
Australian Heroes and Adventurers | William Pyke
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