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hot air

 
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–noun Informal.
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing: His report on the company's progress was just so much hot air.
Origin:
1835–45 for literal sense
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hot air  
n.   Slang
Empty, exaggerated talk.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
hot air

  1. n.
    boasting; lying; nonsense. : That's just a lot of hot air. Ignore it.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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hot air

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 Howardhe's full of hot air. This metaphoric term transfers heated air to vaporous talk. [Late 1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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