all mouth and no trousers

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What does all mouth and no trousers mean?

Alternative form of all mouth and trousers.

Where does all mouth and no trousers come from?

A possible corruption of all mouth and trousers, but consistent with phrases of the form all hat and no cattle and all bark and no bite. The implication of this phrase is that the person boasts, but is a laughing stock.

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