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Talk through one's hat

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To speak lacking expertise, authority, or knowledge; to invent or fabricate facts. idiomatic

    ""Mr. Pride said to me a moment ago that they spoke better English in Boston than any other place in the world." "Did he, though, Lady Lawless? That's good. Well, I guess he was only talking through his hat.""

  2. 2
    speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths wordnet
  3. 3
    To assert something as true or valid; to bluff. idiomatic

    "No, sir, she yust standing pat, / And vonce more she tal her father, / “Yu ban talking tru yure hat!”"

Etymology

Attested from the late 19th century in the United States in the sense of “bluff”; the sense “speak without authority or knowledge” developed later. Although some people speculate a connection to a former requirement that British Members of Parliament wear hats, the connection is implausible.

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