口慷慷
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English
- to describe when someone makes promises casually without considering about whether they are really going to keep them [colloquial]
- to make promises lightly, to speak without thinking through the consequences of what one is saying
粵語 — Cantonese
- 形容一個人淨係識得誇誇其談,冇任何實際行動,亦都唔會諗下要點實現自己嘅承諾
Examples
佢口慷慷話會投資一千萬,過咗成年咪又係一個仙都冇。
He promised, rather lightly, of an investment of 10 million, yet not a cent came through after an entire year.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk