What’s“吹牛”in English

What’s“吹牛”in English
What’s“吹牛”in English

What’s“吹牛”in English
boast
vi.
自夸; 吹牛; 说大话
It is nothing to boast of.
这没有什么可夸耀的.
He boasts too much.
他大话说得太多.

big words

big word

boast
还有一个很常用的俚语
hot air
Hot air作为俗语就是夸夸其谈,吹牛
Most candidates make promises during a campaign to win voters’ support. But many promises are nothing but hot air. After the candidates ge...

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boast
还有一个很常用的俚语
hot air
Hot air作为俗语就是夸夸其谈,吹牛
Most candidates make promises during a campaign to win voters’ support. But many promises are nothing but hot air. After the candidates get elected, they tend to forget most of the things they promised to achieve.
这人听起来对政界人士缺乏信任,他说:「大多数候选人在竞选过程中都做出各种保证,以赢得选民的支持。但是,他们说的好多都是夸夸其谈,等到当选后,他们往往把自己的保证忘了。」
"That man at the party yesterday didn’t have any idea what he was talking about. He blew a lot of hot air about health and nutrition. He didn’t know that both of us have been practicing medicine for more than thirty years."
这个人说:「昨天聚会上那个人真不知道他在说什么。他夸夸其谈地说了好多关于健康和营养的事。他可不知道我们两行医已经三十多年了。」

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boast 或 brag

brag
boast
swank
blow one's own horn
show off

吹牛，口语里常用talk big
如：
He always talks big.
他经常吹牛
关于吹牛的其他表达有：
He blows too much.
他好吹牛。

He is a boastful person.
他就爱吹牛。

boaster，bragger 吹牛大王

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吹牛，口语里常用talk big
如：
He always talks big.
他经常吹牛
关于吹牛的其他表达有：
He blows too much.
他好吹牛。

He is a boastful person.
他就爱吹牛。

boaster，bragger 吹牛大王
He's only boasting.
他只是在吹牛罢了。
talk through one's hat/neck
吹牛皮，信口开河
A boaster and a liar are all one.
吹牛撒谎一家亲。
A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
Please don't think I'm bragging.
请不要以为我在吹牛。
Don't pay much attention to what he says. He likes to shoot the bull.
别听他的，他喜欢吹牛。 (这个表达很不错）

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这些词都有“吹牛”的意思：bounce, brag, charlatanry, draw (pull) the longbow, gasconade, jactation, jactitation, kvell, large talk, lineshoot, lineshooting, renown, shoot (the) bull, shoot (fan) the breeze, shoot a line, signify, sling the bull, talk big, talk horse, tall story