talk a good game

idiom

informal

: to say things that make people believe that one can do something or that something is true about oneself even though it is not true

They talk a good game, but they're not really ready for the championship.

She talks a good game about protecting the environment, but she doesn't even recycle.

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Recent Examples on the Web

Collaboration Most law firm leaders talk a good game about collaboration, but few truly reward it. —Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024

George Kittle, Fred Warner, Christian McCaffrey and Trent Williams can talk a good game as well as play one. —Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024

This stunt may have been designed to show up the islanders as heartless liberals who talk a good game but don’t walk the walk. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024

Abdallah, the Urban League official, said union leaders talk a good game on diversity but never deliver. —David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022

Many people talk a good game about Internet privacy but don’t try very hard to protect their data. —Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022

According to DeSantis, liberals in the People’s Republic of Massachusetts talk a good game, sticking up for undocumented immigrants with virtue-signaling rhetoric, while red states like his bear the cost and burden of taking care of them. —Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2022

Since a strong culture is such a competitive advantage, most companies talk a good game about their company culture. —Alain Hunkins, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022

But most of the time national Democrats talk a good game, but never deliver. —Dallas News, 18 July 2022

Rhymes for talk a good game

• acclaim
• aflame
• airframe
• ballgame
• became
• declaim
• defame
• disclaim
• doorframe
• exclaim
• inflame
• mainframe