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Etymology
From mouth, meaning "talk" rather than action, and trousers, presumably at the time of origin, a reference to masculinity, either as trousers as a male item of clothing, or a reference to the genitals.
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all mouth and trousers (not comparable)
- (British, idiomatic) Superficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.
- Synonyms: (vulgar) all fart and no shit, all fart and no poo
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