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Meaning of talk through one's hat | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. To speak lacking expertise, authority, or knowledge; to invent or fabricate facts.
    idiomatic
  2. To assert something as true or valid; to bluff.
    idiomatic

Equivalents

Deutsch auf den Arm nehmen einen Bären aufbinden keinen blassen Schimmer haben wie der Blinde von der Farbe reden zum Narren halten
Ελληνικά παραλογίζομαι
Español hablar por boca de ganso
Suomi puhua läpiä päähänsä puhua läpiä päähänsä puhua vastoin parempaa tietoaan puhua vastoin parempaa tietoaan
Français parler à tort et à travers parler à travers son chapeau
Nederlands lullen
Polski mówić jak ślepy o kolorach
Svenska prata i nattmössan

Examples

“"Mr. Pride said to me a moment ago that they spoke better English in Boston than any other place⟳ in the world." "Did he, though, Lady Lawless? That's good. Well, I guess⟳ he was only talking through his hat."”
“No, sir, she yust standing pat, / And vonce more she tal her father, / “Yu ban talking tru yure hat!””
“He's conceited and opinionative and argues all the time, even when he knows perfectly well that he's talking through his hat.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

talk through one's nose talk to talk to a brick wall talk to God talk to God on the big white telephone talk to oneself

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