all mouth (and no trousers/action)

phrase

British, informal

—used to describe someone who talks a lot about doing something but never actually does it

Examples of all mouth (and no trousers/action) in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When including all oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers — which totals all mouth and throat cancers — the numbers rise to 59,660 new cases and about 12,770 deaths in 2025, per the American Cancer Society. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 Dec. 2025

The most important thing to understand is that all mouths (and all mouth calls) are not created equal. — Adam Moore, Outdoor Life, 10 Mar. 2023

Virtually all mouth calls consist of just an aluminum frame, latex reeds, and tape. — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 22 Mar. 2021