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
Alabama's Governor George Wallace for weeks has been bursting with tall talk.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not even Texas tall talk can exaggerate the waterway's real importance.
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
“The feuilletons! yes—ye—yes, and the newspapers,” said the prince, growing more and more feeble with love, but not understanding half of Maria Alexandrovna's tall talk.
From Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
