walk, talk

Hi N2G

You usually hear the first two used together, generally something like this:
"If you're going to talk the talk, you've got to walk the walk."

That is sometimes shortened to this:
"Walk the talk."

Both of them basically mean"What you do should be the same as what you say." or "Your actions should reflect your words."

Yankee That is sometimes shortened to this:
"Walk the talk."

Interesting, didn't know.

Thanks, Yankee. This expression is a bit weird to me. Do you know the history of it so I can relate to it better?

Read:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/10/messages/514.html

You may find interesting this last para there:

The variation "Walk your talk" means "Go out and do something constructive in line with the principles you preach." The usu

The director of the department where I work interviewed applicants for a senior management position, and afterwards, said, "they could all talk the talk, but he (the successful applicant) had walked the walk." It is one thing to be able to show that one knows what is required to be a successful senior manager, to talk the talk, but having the experience of having put this into practice, of having