大隻講 (daai6 zek3 gong2) — talk it up; exaggerate what one is saying; all talk no action (which often goes hand-in-hand with talking sth up) in Cantonese
daaiˍ₆大zek˗₃隻gongˊ²講简 大只讲
Mandarin Pinyin: da4 zhi1 jiang3
Meaning of 大隻講
nountalk it up; exaggerate what one is saying; all talk no action (which often goes hand-in-hand with talking sth up)
nouna big mouth
noundescribes a person who tries to act smart and always exaggerates the actual situation of the matter(s) or event(s) and/or often tells something which is over-the-top; all mouth and no trousers