all sizzle and no steak

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释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A thing or person which fails to measure up to its description or advance promotion.

    习语 不可数

    Her latest novel is all sizzle and no steak.

    1999, "Nonprofit community increasing nervousness about Year 2000" by Gary M. Grobman. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, vol 4 issue 2. Y2K may be the equivalent of the Kohotek comet—all sizzle and no steak.