tall talk
Example Sentences
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Some describe the events over the last week as a betrayal — evidence that, despite tall talk of support and inclusion, their employer will abandon them when push comes to shove.
From The Verge ● Jul. 12, 2018
Seven o'clock came and Huey Long began to twit Senators about dinner engagements, then to tempt them with tall talk about food.
From Time Magazine Archive
The prospect of modification has caused a frenzy of excitement among brewers, ex-brewers and would-be brewers There has been tall talk of hundreds of millions to be spent on expanding and modernizing present equipment.
From Time Magazine Archive
But it is the tall talk of a tall man, and one who drew himself up to his full Irish height to speak.
From Time Magazine Archive
Talk of scaling the Himalayas of life affects him, very palpably, as "tall talk."
From Modern Essays by Harry Morgan Ayres
