粵

死sei2剩zing6把baa2口hau2

sei2 zing6 baa2 hau2sǐ shèng bǎ kǒu

English

  1. describes a person who is very argumentative, not admitting defeat despite not having anything solid to back it up; to describe someone who is good for nothing but only knows how to talk
  2. to talk too much; One only knows how to talk but not to do other stuff; literally: all the body parts are dead, except for the mouth

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容人好識講嘢,甚至唔係好識做其他嘢,只係識靠把口

Examples

  • 講嘢好叻又有咩用啫,咪又係死剩把口?

    Knowing how to talk well is useless if it's just empty words.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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