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all hat and no cowboy

Adjective
US idiomatic not-comparable
Japanese Meaning
口先だけで実際の行動や実力が伴わず、見せかけだけの派手さがある / 大言壮語だが結果や中身に欠ける、見せかけばかりの / 表面上は立派に見えるが、実際の力や実行力が乏しい
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その選挙運動のマネージャーは口先だけで行動が伴わず、改革を約束するが何も実行しない。

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(US, idiomatic) Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.

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all hat and no cowboy

The campaign manager is all hat and no cowboy, promising reforms but delivering none.

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The campaign manager is all hat and no cowboy, promising reforms but delivering none.

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