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Mr. Tom Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Great boast, small roast

Hi

I want to know if the idiom is common among native speakers. It is way too common on this side of the pond.

Great boast, small roast (also little roast)

https://www.google.com.pk/?gws_rd=cr,ssl&ei=q1jyVpuHOoutU9Sjj7gJ#q=great+boast+little+roast

Thanks,

Tom
  

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I, a native speaker of BrE, have never heard it. On this side of the pond normally means in North America to North Americans and in Britain to British people.

— Fivejedjon

  • I, a native speaker of BrE, have never heard it.
  • On this side of the pond normally means in North America to North Americans and in Britain to British people.
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I, a native speaker of BrE, have never heard it.

On this side of the pond normally means in North America to North Americans and in Britain to British people.
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This is a proverb from Persia and the original is ?? ????? ??? ???? (transliteration: poz-e ali, jib-e xali) literal translation: great pose, empty pocket.


The meaning is basically to say "don't strut around like you have a lot of money when you are really penniless"

it would be used to describe someone who likes to show off, like if you know someone who is drowning in student

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Mr. TomI want to know if the idiom is common among native speakers.

It's unfamiliar to me in the UK.

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