tall talk
Example Sentences
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Some describe the events over the last week as a betrayal — evidence that, despite tall talk of support and inclusion, their employer will abandon them when push comes to shove.
From The Verge • Jul. 12, 2018
The prospect of modification has caused a frenzy of excitement among brewers, ex-brewers and would-be brewers There has been tall talk of hundreds of millions to be spent on expanding and modernizing present equipment.
From Time Magazine Archive
But it is the tall talk of a tall man, and one who drew himself up to his full Irish height to speak.
From Time Magazine Archive
Medical journals are generally full of straight, double or tall talk from and about doctors.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not that the roughest Westerner was not excessively gallant, but his restrictions in the ladies' presence did not always curb his proneness to "tall talk."
From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn
