all hat and no cowboy in English

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{
  "etymology_text": "In reference to cattle ranchers and the hats they stereotypically wear.",
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      "expansion": "all hat and no cowboy (not comparable)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't waste your time with him - he's all hat and no cowboy."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, idiomatic) Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "all hat and no cattle"
        }
      ],
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        "US",
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "all hat and no cowboy"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "In reference to cattle ranchers and the hats they stereotypically wear.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "all hat and no cowboy (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English uncomparable adjectives"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't waste your time with him - he's all hat and no cowboy."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "big talk",
          "big talk"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ],
        [
          "pretentious",
          "pretentious"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, idiomatic) Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "all hat and no cattle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "all hat and no cowboy"
}

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"all hat and no cowboy" meaning in English

Adjective