talk a big game

English

Verb

talk a big game (third-person singular simple present talks a big game, present participle talking a big game, simple past and past participle talked a big game)

  1. Synonym of talk a good game.
    • 2019 January 31, Ian Bogost, “Apple’s Empty Grandstanding About Privacy”, in The Atlantic‎[1]:
      That’s one way to understand Apple’s empty message about privacy. Tim Cook talks a big game, but at the end of the day, his company is allowing the surveillance-capitalism atrocities it claims to oppose.
    • 2019, 100 gecs, “money machine”, in 1000 gecs:
      You think you're so fucking cool? Huh? / You think you're so fucking tough? / You talk a lotta big game for someone with such a small truck
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