großes Getue, viel Aufhebens um etwas, wobei am Ende kein nennenswertes Ergebnis steht, nichts dabei herauskommt
all talk and no action
köken: Literally, “all smoke and no roast”.
barking dogs seldom bite (people who make big threats usually never carry them out)
eş: cachorro que late não morde
to be a smooth talker; to be a slick talker · to be all talk and no action
eş: 耍嘴皮, 賣喙脣皮, 卖喙唇皮, 賣喙水, 卖喙水, 鬼水
much ado about nothing; great cry and little wool; all talk and no action; all bark and no bite (big changes could have been expected, but they did not happen)
eş: góra urodziła mysz, góra rodzi mysz
köken: Literally, “out of a big cloud a little rain”.
much ado about nothing
köken: paljon (“a lot”) + melua (“of noise”) + tyhjästä (“from nothing”)
tempest in a teapot
çekim: çoğul bouří ve sklenici vody · tamlayan bouří ve sklenici vody
eş: mnoho povyku pro nic, žabomyší válka
köken: Literally, “storm in a glass of water”; compare French tempête dans un verre d'eau.
all talk and no action
köken: Compound of omong (“to talk”) + doang (“only”).
all talk, all mouth and trousers, all hat and no cattle
köken: Literally, “much noise and few nuts”.
ast 🔊 ye más el ruxíu que l'agua del ríu
cmn 🔊 不下雨 , 乾打雷，不下雨 /干打雷 , 光說不做 /光说不做 , 瞎折騰 /瞎折腾
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