big talk | Idiomator

Meaning: ; (idiomatic)Statementswhich areboastfulorexaggerated.Synonym:big words1919,William MacLeod Raine, chapter 14, inOh, You Tex!:"Me, I just dropped in to hear yorebig talk. Reminds me of old Geronimo. Like you, he gets all filled up with words about every so often and has to steam off. Go ahead, Gurley. Don't let me interrupt you. Make heap oration."2007November 11, Charles McGrath, “Norman Mailer, Towering Writer With a Matching Ego, Dies at 84”, inNew York Times, retrieved9 September 2012:Classmates remembered him as brash and jug-eared and full ofbig talkabout his sexual experience.2008January 17, “Savior of Countrywide?”, inTime:In an industry built onbig talkand swagger, Bank of America's Kenneth Lewis is an anomaly.; ; (idiomatic)Major topic ofconversation; currentgossip.1949February 14, “Canada: Los Holsteinos”, inTime:At the annual livestock convention in Toronto's Royal York Hotel last week, thebig talkwas about Holsteins.1994August 12, “3-Day Stock Rally Ends As Dow Retreats 15.86”, inNew York Times, retrieved9 September 2012:"Thebig talkof the street at the moment is that the Fed will raise the discount rate 50 basis points," said Kenneth Ducey.

Examples:

EN: Plenty big talk, but no payroll.
ES: Muchas palabras, pero no hay dinero.
EN: Hold on a minute, young man. That's rather big talk.
ES: Cálmese, querido amigo y tenga más cuidado con lo que dice.
EN: All that big talk about me breaking down theaters that's strictly small-town talk on a cold night.
ES: Todo eso de tumbar teatros es conversación de pueblo en noches frías.
EN: Kids full of big talk, itching for a fight.
ES: Un puñado de críos fanfarrones deseando entrar en combate.
EN: I heard me some big talk.
ES: Oí grandes discursos.
EN: Quote all that big talk and fancy statements.
ES: Citaremos todas esas promesas todas aquellas afirmaciones gratuitas. ¿Citarlas?
EN: And where's all your big talk getting me?
ES: ¿A dónde me llevó todo tu palabrerío?
EN: Just skip the big talk.
ES: Vaya al grano.
EN: That was just a lot of big talk.
ES: Eso fue solo mucha habladuría.
EN: You've been pretty loose with your big talk, ain't you? Well, I ain't takin' it no more.
ES: Estoy harto de tus sarcasmos.
EN: That's mighty big talk Miss Howard.
ES: Eso es mucho decir, Srta. Howard.
EN: That big talk about witches and love potions.
ES: Tú y tus cuentos sobre brujas y pociones del amor.
EN: There's the kind that get the privileges. Small wounds, big talk.
ES: Ellos tienen privilegio.
EN: That's mighty big talk, Sam Bass.
ES: Eso es hablar mucho, Sam Bass.
EN: - So after all your big talk, "you're double-crossin' 'em.
ES: - Así que ha estado engañándolos.

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