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pacaro
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Or as they would say in Cambridge, "all mouth and no trousers"
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w4tson
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Or as they say in Yorkshire: all fur coat and no knickers
tzs
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Apparently they would be more likely to say "all mouth and trousers", which is believed to be a corruption of the more logical but less commonly heard "all mouth and no trousers" [1].
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https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/19/messages/511.ht...
blauekapelle
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Never heard that saying once in Cambridge, lived here 20 yrs
pacaro
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Lol, well you must never have run into me either between 1990-93 or again 1999-2002
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