| 单词 | to talk through one's hat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto talk through one's hat P17. to talk through one's hat and variants: to speak without knowledge or understanding of a subject; to talk nonsense; to make foolish remarks. Also (rarely) in the related noun phrase talk through a hat: nonsense, foolish talk. ΚΠ 1888 N.Y. World 13 May 12/3 Dis is only a bluff dey're makin'—see! Dey're talkin' tru deir hats. 1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel 81 All this talk about the devil makin' the bad an' the Lord the good is talk through a hat. 1933 D. Thomas Let. 25 Dec. (1987) 79 Is this all clear, or am I talking through my new black hat? 1956 ‘A. Gilbert’ And Death came Too xiv. 152 ‘You,’ suggested Frank, politely, ‘are talking through your hat.’ 2014 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 8 Oct. 27 The all-party, all-male pro-life group at Stormont is talking through its hat when it claims to speak for the majority. < as lemmas |
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