all talk and no action
idiom
: saying that one will do something but then not doing it
When it comes to looking for a job, she's all talk and no action.
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Lawmakers from both parties agree, but for years Congress has been all talk and no action.
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William P. Barr, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2023
Strangely, many companies claiming hybrid multi-cloud are all talk and no action.
—Matt Kimball, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
The anti-China sentiment was all talk and no action, experts say.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2021
Cuomo decries leaders who are all talk and no action, yet his book is dedicated to the proposition that, in government, talk is action.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2021
Making comment at the start of the meeting, Mayor Martin Horwitz said that some residents falsely believe that the city has been all talk and no action in dealing with Beachwood’s longstanding flooding problems.
—cleveland, 9 Sep. 2020
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William P. Barr, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2023
Strangely, many companies claiming hybrid multi-cloud are all talk and no action.
—Matt Kimball, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
The anti-China sentiment was all talk and no action, experts say.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2021
Cuomo decries leaders who are all talk and no action, yet his book is dedicated to the proposition that, in government, talk is action.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2021
Making comment at the start of the meeting, Mayor Martin Horwitz said that some residents falsely believe that the city has been all talk and no action in dealing with Beachwood’s longstanding flooding problems.
—cleveland, 9 Sep. 2020
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“All talk and no action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20talk%20and%20no%20action. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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