Empty, exaggerated talk, as in That last speech of his was pure hot air . It is also put as full of hot air , as in Pay no attention to Howard—he's full of hot air . This metaphoric term transfers heated air to vaporous talk. [ Late 1800s]
US, Slang. empty or pretentious talk or writing.
If you say that someone's claims or promises are just hot air, you are criticizing them because they are made mainly to impress people and have no real value or meaning.
only; no more than: This car has been nothing but trouble - it's always breaking down!
full of hot air (comparative more full of hot air, superlative most full of hot air) (idiomatic) Talking a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning.
Informal. empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing: His report on the company's progress was just so much hot air.
full of hot air (adjective as in boastful) Strongest matches. arrogant bombastic cocky exultant pompous pretentious.
adjective. having no use; unserviceable; worthless. to no purpose; ineffectual; of no avail.
used to emphasize that something will happen even if the person you are talking to does not want it to: We're going to visit your aunt tomorrow and there'll be no buts about it.
loud and confused and empty talk. synonyms: empty talk, empty words, palaver, rhetoric. bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality. a message that seems to convey no meaning.
: to do something that is bad for oneself : to act in a way that will cause oneself harm. They ended up cutting their own throats when they raised prices, because their customers went elsewhere.
Britannica Dictionary definition of HENPECKED. informal. — used to describe a man who is constantly controlled and criticized by his wife.
idiom informal. If something that someone says is hot air, it is not sincere and will have no practical results: His promises turned out to be a lot of hot air.
In certain contexts, zero and nothing are interchangeable, as is "null". Sporting terms are sometimes used as slang terms for zero, as are "nada", "zilch" and "zip".
person who does no work. synonyms: bum, idler, layabout, loafer.
Give me anything but chocolate. means I can eat all kinds of food except chocolate. I will eat everything but the chocolate. means I am going to have all the food in front of me except the chocolate.
Nothing is impossible- This means that anything is possible. However, just because something is possible does not mean that it is easy, or that it should be done at all. If you use this statement, you are probably referring to something which is very difficult to accomplish.
Worthless means it has no value or worth. Useless means it has no use (usually for a particular purpose). Worthless is a stronger term because an item could be useless but not worthless. For example : a gold ring would have value or worth but would be useless as a screwdriver.
If something that someone says is hot air, it is not sincere and will have no practical results: His promises turned out to be a lot of hot air.
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing: His report on the company's progress was just so much hot air.
Actually, the earliest record of this idiom was most likely written by the author Mark Twain. In the book titled Gilded Age (written in 1873), he wrote "The most airy schemes inflated the hot air of the Capital." This was in reference to the lies politicians often tell.