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Originally Posted by bmo Dear Teachers, Please take a look at these idioms again. Is everything okay? I made up the explainations and examples. Thanks. BMO
1. Sell ice to the Eskimo.
Speak very convincingly.
Example: The Reverend Wang is a powerful and convincing preacher who can sell ice to the Eskimo. More than two hundred Buddhists, Taoists, Muslims and atheists were baptized and converted to Christianity after hearing his sermon at the Sun Yat-Sun Memorial last Sunday.
2. All talk and no action.
Action doesn't come with or after talk.
Example: “The management is playing that usual ‘all talk and no action’ tune again! When are we getting that huge bonus we have been promised?” Kenneth, nicknamed “Mr. Big Mouth,” complained.
3. His bark is worse than his bite
He sounds very mad, but he is harmless.
Example: Typhoon Lucy’s bark was worse than its bite. It looked vicious out in the ocean but it did not cause any damages when it landed in Taitung. |
I would say for number 2 that "all talk and no action" means a person talks plenty but doesn't do much. Especially, he doesn't do what he says he is going to do. (Your example is a good one.)
Do you have any more interesting idioms to discuss?
:)