Talk is cheap, boasting, braggart

Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs: Talk is cheap

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Cf. [c 1600 A. Munday et al. Sir T. More (1911) 23] Woords are but wordes, and payes not what men owe; [1639 Chapman & Shirley Ball v. i.] You may heare talke; but give me the man That has measur'd 'em: talkes but talke.

Seying goes good cheap.
[1668 R. B. Adagia Scotica 47]

Talk is cheap, it don't cost nothin' but breath.
[1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché I. ii.]

Talk's cheap. You could never make me believe that.
[1929 K. C. Strahan Footprints i.]

‘Talk is cheap‥because the supply always exceeds the demand.’
[2002 Washington Times 16 Mar. F15 (Herb & Jamaal comic strip)]

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braggart[brag・gart]

• 発音記号[brǽgərt]
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[名]((軽蔑))自慢屋, 大言を吐く人.

━━[形]自慢する, 大言を吐く.

boast[boast¹]

• レベル：大学入試程度
• 発音記号[bóust]
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(自)［I[副]］（…を）誇張して［誇らしげに］話す, 自慢する, 誇る, 誇りにする((about, of ...)). ▼受身可

boast of one's ability
自分の能力を誇る

He boasts of swimming the English channel.
イギリス海峡を泳いだと豪語している

He often boasts to his neighbors about his adventures.
近所の人々に冒険談を自慢げにする.

━━(他)

1 ［III that節］〈人が〉〈…ということを〉誇る；［V[名](to be)[名]］((〜 -self))（…を）自慢する

She boasts herself (to be) a star ［＝that she is a star］.
自分がスターだと自慢している.

2 〈地域・建物などが〉…を持っている（ことを誇りとする）. ▼進行形不可

Our school boasts a new gymnasium.
うちの学校には新しい体育館がある.

━━[名]自慢（の種）, 誇り（とする物）；ほら

the boast of the village
その村の自慢の種

no idle boast
（つまらない自慢話ではなく）ほんとうの話

make a boast of ...
…を誇りにする

It is my boast that
…というのが自慢の種だ.

boast・ing・ly

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