[Vocabulary] Someone who doesn't walk the walk

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strange boy

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What do you call someone who talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk ?

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What would you call them?
 

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They could be a big mouth, all talk and/no trousers, an underachiever, etc.
 

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He's all mouth and trousers.
 

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Thank you all
 

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Hypocrite comes to mind.
 

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"All hat, no cattle."
 

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I'd never heard the phrase without "no" until this thread.
 
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