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More wind than substance
I love this phrase, and was wondering whether anyone else had similar ones... close would be
has a bark worse than his bite
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Well, of course, we've referred to a lot that tempest in a tea cup or tea kettle or storm in either the cup or kettle...
And we've also referred to the storm and the fury signifying nothing...
And then, of course, my own moniker, Wordwind, which gets at the same idea...
Interesting topic, by the way, Alexis--I'll look forward to seeing what else blows this way.
Blow, blow, blow Isn't that a line from Tennessee Williams from Night of the Iguana?
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Gertrude (urging Polonius to get to the point): More matter, with less art.
Hamlet II ii
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"A little less thinking, a little more feeling"
Marie, quoting Dot to George in "Children and Art", Sunday in the Park with George, Stephen Sondheim
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A diarrhea of words but constipation of ideas.
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Less said is best said.
oh that i could follow my own advice!
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Less said is best said.
oh that i could follow my own advice!
Must........resist.......temptation! [ducking for cover-e]
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An old friend of mine once said of a mutual acquaintance, "If bullshit was music, he'd be a brass band."
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all mouth and no trousers
fur coat and no knickers
all piss and vinegar
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I've always liked the Texan version:
"All hat and no cattle"
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