word choice - "Walk the walk" vs. "talk the talk" vs. "walk the talk ...
2014年8月23日 · Even "talk the walk" makes sense if you read it as meaning something comparable to the U.S. idiom "talk a good game"—that is, sound good but not necessarily do …
Origin of "walk and talk" - English Language & Usage Stack …
2018年6月9日 · What is the origin of the phrase "(lets) walk and talk"? I have heard this being said explicitly in conversation, for example, when you're having a conversation with someone but …
talking the walk - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2016年8月3日 · 'Talk' and 'walk' are only marginally transitive. 'He talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk' means that his words sound admirable, but his actions don't match. It's a well-known …
"Walk", "talk": forms not in any other language
2011年4月19日 · "Walk" does not have that meaning in any other language, but the OED gives a host of cognates throughout Germanic, and a probable one from Sanskrit. The OED derives …
What are some other ways to say "more talk than walk"?
2018年6月22日 · The original phrase is: to walk the walk, and to talk the talk. It's since been changed and shortened.
Can ‘Walk the walk’ stand alone? - English Language & Usage …
As I was unfamiliar with this phrase, I checked an online dictionary (www.phrase.org), that told me walk the walk means a lot of things are easier to talk about than to do, and is almost always …
pronunciation - Why is the L silent in "walk" but not in "bulk ...
2020年10月10日 · Why is the letter L silent in walk, talk, calm, folk, half, chalk etc but not silent in bulk, hulk, milk, silk, bold, bald? Explanation of the question and Research: The letter L seems …
etymology - What was the idiom for multitasking before chewing …
The same site believes the phrase comes an earlier "talk and chew gum". Q: Is it true that this is a sanitized version of Lyndon B. Johnson's description of Gerald Ford? (The original purportedly …
meaning - What does it mean to "walk the wall?" - English …
2013年5月27日 · You've misheard the phrase ;it is " walk the walk " .It is used to show approval and it means to actually do something rather than just talking about it, so that people can see …
Does “walk back” have a meaning of ‘deny’ or 'keep distance from ...
None of them shows walk back as an idiom, though they show call back, look back, talk back, walkout, walk through, walk up, and so on. I’m puzzled about the expression “walk back his …