Expression: All talk (and no action)
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Do you talk about doing something but never do it? Then other people might be saying that you are all talk. People can be all talk at work, or they can be all talk about some plans they have for their future. Do you think that being all talk is a good thing?
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Harp: Yeah, the full expression is to be all talk and no action. So they talk about it but they don’t take any action.
Maura: So this is a more literal expression, you can see the meaning in it.
Harp: Exactly.
Maura: But usually or sometimes we don’t say the full expression we just say that someone is all talk.
Harp: Yeah exactly. Sometimes people say something but they never have the intention of doing it.
Podcast/ Lipservice: Culips ESL Podcast, Photo: Duncan Rawlinson
Hi my name is Eliane and I am very interested in learning to speak, read and write the English of everyday . I already tried twice to do a course in English, unfortunately did not give more money to pay for the course. So I'm putting on the internet site, several audios and hear every day. You guys know I'm slowly understanding everything that is said. The text will become more clear. By the way the Culips is excellent.
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Eliane
11/1/2009 - 10:53 pm
Hi there,
Thank you for for using my photograph in this post!
Please attribute the photograph to Duncan Rawlinson and link to me @ http://www.TheLastMinuteBlog.com
Thank you.
11/3/2009 - 9:50 am
Hi, this is my first time I visit your site and I want to say well done, I like culips so much. It’s very helpful. Please keep going.
11/6/2009 - 9:15 pm
i really like the way you present everything..great job you guys…cheers!!!!!!
11/7/2009 - 2:48 pm
Hi everybody, ah if all english expressions were as clear as “all talk and no action”, we wouldn’t be here to try to learn this language!!!
12/8/2009 - 9:57 pm
Hi Duncan,
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I’m looking into how your photo ended up on this page without giving you the proper credit for it, and I’m going to make sure that it gets fixed as soon as possible.
Jessie Cox
12/26/2009 - 6:53 am
Your podcasts are really cool. I love it so much.