all talk
idiom
: talking about doing things but never actually doing them
The town's last mayor was all talk (and no action).
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Despite elite gatherings like the UN’s climate conference being all talk and little outcome, governments will take action on industries for climate reform.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
An internal debate over whether to have a Father’s Day special next week in which Greg, Chris and Yeti all talk (like never before) about their fathers.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
On January 10, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared South Korea to be an enemy state, ending all talk of peaceful reunification and setting the stage for more hostilities.
—Sue Mi Terry, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2024
The plot, which includes the crash landing of an airplane and an armed intruder out to settle a family score, is nearly all talk.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Hopefully that ends all talk about what 21 thinks about rap’s civil war.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 13 May 2024
Koppelman, Bland and Sonny T. all talk about the long hours spent recording Diamonds and Pearls over the course of a year.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2023
Read Article > Apr 25, 2016 Russell Brandom With its retreat in New York, the FBI has lost the encryption fight
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
As 2015 drew to a close, you might be forgiven for thinking the encryption debate was all talk.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2023
The whole thing plays like a post-apocalyptic sci-fi flick directed by Terrence Malick: all talk bordering on pretentious poetry and close-ups of body parts.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
An internal debate over whether to have a Father’s Day special next week in which Greg, Chris and Yeti all talk (like never before) about their fathers.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
On January 10, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared South Korea to be an enemy state, ending all talk of peaceful reunification and setting the stage for more hostilities.
—Sue Mi Terry, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2024
The plot, which includes the crash landing of an airplane and an armed intruder out to settle a family score, is nearly all talk.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Hopefully that ends all talk about what 21 thinks about rap’s civil war.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 13 May 2024
Koppelman, Bland and Sonny T. all talk about the long hours spent recording Diamonds and Pearls over the course of a year.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2023
Read Article > Apr 25, 2016 Russell Brandom With its retreat in New York, the FBI has lost the encryption fight
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
As 2015 drew to a close, you might be forgiven for thinking the encryption debate was all talk.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2023
The whole thing plays like a post-apocalyptic sci-fi flick directed by Terrence Malick: all talk bordering on pretentious poetry and close-ups of body parts.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
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