essere tutto fumo e niente arrosto
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Today’s Parola del Giorno is the verb expression essere tutto fumo e niente arrosto, which means to be all talk. It literally means to be all smoke and no roast. See the expression used below:
[audio:https://paroladelgiorno.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Essere-Tutto-Fumo-E-Niente-Arrosto.mp3|titles=essere tutto fumo e niente arrosto]Alberta è tutto fumo e niente arrosto: ha detto che avrebbe terminato lei il nostro progetto di chimica perché era l’unica in grado di farlo e invece non ha concluso nulla!
Alberta is all talk: she said SHE would finish our chemistry project because she was the only one able to do it, but she didn’t get anything done.