Heard this one the other day:
"All hat and no cattle."
Cracked me up 
Favourite American expressions
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Good Texan expression.
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"All hat and no cattle."
Wonder how many fall into that category!!!
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Just picture any loud mouthed, bloviating self-aggrandizing egotist, and you’ve got it.
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Anyway, another favorite is “That dog won’t hunt,” as President Lyndon Johnson liked to say about losing propositions.
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Not exactly the same, but in Scotland w used to talk about narcissistic ladies in a social class a bit above our own.
" FUR COATS AND NO KNICKERS."
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Heard this one the other day:
"All hat and no cattle."
Cracked me up
I think this one made its way into Italian through TV Police series.
However, it was rendered as "tutto chiacchiere e distintivo" (lit. he has just words and a badge)
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The Italian version is more relatable, if not as visual. As for FUR COATS AND NO KNICKERS,
I can’t wait to use that one!
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Two contributed by a friend in North Carolina. You can tell we were having dinner last night when these surfaced:
I’m as full as a tick.
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Y’all are about as sharp as mashed potatoes.
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Very good!
But will the non-Scots understand?
Too bad...it was meant for you!
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Very good!
But will the non-Scots understand?
It took me a while but I got there in the end.
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Bar opened? I’m still trying to tie this to favorite Americanisms!
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Well, this is American anyway, Bubba.
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That’s the same home security system WE have!
OK:
“It’s hotter than a Stihl chainsaw in a Bogalusa pawn shop.”
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