hot air

/'hɔt'eə/

Thân thiện

The politician's speech was full of hot air.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Empty or exaggerated talk: Speech that sounds impressive but lacks substance, truth, or sincerity. It is often boastful or meant to deceive.
   • Heated air: Air that has been warmed and, due to being less dense, tends to rise.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Empty Talk):
  • His promises about quick riches were just a lot of hot air.
  • Ignore the politician's speech; it's full of hot air and no real plans.
• Noun (Heated Air):
  • Hot air from the furnace rose to the ceiling.
  • A hot air balloon floats because it is filled with hot air.

Advanced Usage

• "Full of hot air": An idiom describing a person who frequently talks in an exaggerated, insincere, or empty way.
  • Don't listen to him; he's full of hot air.

Variants and Related Words

• Hot-air balloon (n): A large balloon that rises by being filled with heated air.
  • We went for a ride in a hot-air balloon.

Synonyms

• Empty talk: Nonsense, bluster, bombast.
• Heated air: Warm air.

Related Idioms

• "Blow hot air": To talk in a boastful or empty manner.
  • He's just blowing hot air to impress everyone.

Học thuật

Noun

1. loud and confused and empty talk
   • mere rhetoric
2. air that has been heated and tends to rise

Từ đồng nghĩa

• palaver
• empty words
• empty talk
• rhetoric