Phrase
talking through one's hat
verb
说话缺乏专业知识、权威或见识；编造事实
talking through one's hat is the present participle of talk through one's hat.
- 1.
To speak lacking expertise, authority, or knowledge; to invent or fabricate facts.
说话缺乏专业知识、权威或见识；编造事实
- 2.
To assert something as true or valid; to bluff.
声称某事为真或有效；虚张声势
声称某事为真或有效；虚张声势；信口开河
In use
Don't listen to him; he's talking through his hat.
She claimed she knew all about the plan, but she was talking through her hat.
If you don't have the facts, you're just talking through your hat.
subject + talk through one's hat
He often talks through his hat about topics he knows nothing about.
他经常对自己一无所知的话题信口开河。
subject + be + talking through one's hat
进行时态强调正在胡说。
I think she is talking through her hat when she says she can finish in one day.
她说能在一天内完成，我觉得她在胡说八道。
subject + talked through one's hat
Connections
Confusing words
- talk nonsense
- 胡说八道 · talk nonsense 多指毫无根据的乱说，带有冒犯或指责语气；而 talk through one's hat 强调凭空编造、不切实际地信口开河，常用于表示怀疑或否定。
- shoot one's mouth off
- 夸夸其谈，说大话 · shoot one's mouth off 侧重于自吹自擂、夸大其词；而 talk through one's hat 侧重于无根据的胡扯、瞎编。两者都有不切实际的含义，但吹嘘 vs 胡编的侧重点不同。
Word family
- talks through one's hat
- third person singular
- talked through one's hat
- past, past participle
- talking through one's hat
- present participle
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.