nói thánh tướng
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To speak braggingly, to rant: To talk in an excessively boastful, arrogant, or self-aggrandizing manner, often exaggerating one's own importance, abilities, or achievements. It implies a pompous and empty style of speech.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Anh ta chỉ biết nói thánh tướng về thành tích của mình. (He only knows how to speak braggingly about his achievements.)
- Đừng có nói thánh tướng nữa, hãy chứng minh bằng hành động đi. (Stop ranting; prove it with actions instead.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase often carries a strong negative connotation, criticizing the speaker for being full of hot air and lacking substance. It is used to describe empty rhetoric.
Variants and Related Words
- Nói thánh nói tướng (verb phrase): A common variant with identical meaning: to boast, to brag pompously.
- Cả buổi anh ấy chỉ ngồi đó nói thánh nói tướng. (He just sat there all afternoon boasting pompously.)
Synonyms
- To boast: To talk with excessive pride.
- To brag: To say something in a proud way.
- To rant: To speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned, or pompous way.
- To talk big: (Informal) To boast or brag.
Related Idioms
- While "nói thánh tướng" itself is an idiomatic phrase, it is semantically related to concepts of empty boasting.
- Nổ như tạc đạn: (Literal: to explode like artillery shells) To brag or exaggerate wildly.
- Hắn ta quen thói nổ như tạc đạn. (He is accustomed to bragging wildly.)
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cũng nói nói thánh nói tướng To speak braggingly, to rant
