talk through one's hat
The phrase "talk through one's hat" is an informal idiom used to describe someone speaking without knowledge or authority.
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Definition
B2General
(informal, critical)To speak about a topic without understanding or expertise, often making things up.
Example
- He's talking through his hat about the company's financial situation; he doesn't even work in finance.
B2General
(informal, critical)To make statements that are unfounded or nonsensical.
Example
- When she said she could run a marathon without training, she was clearly talking through her hat.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "talk through one's hat":
shoot off at the mouthrun off at the mouthtalk shitetalk outtalk sensetalk throughdouble talktalk shittalk trashbig talkknock into a cocked hatblab outspout offtalk overoff one's headput words in someone's mouthblow the gafftalk atshoot from the hiptalk like a booktalk shopoverplay one's handshit talksmooth talkdo the talkinggive the lie