full of hot air - idiom meaning?

Question

What is the meaning of "full of hot air" idiom?

Answer 1

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Being full of hot air often makes other people not want to be around you.
 

Answer 2

Idiom Usage:

This idiom is informal, perhaps somewhat humorous.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Scenario 2:

"to be full of hot air"
Grace is not happy that her mother-in-law, Anna, is coming to visit.  Anna is always going on and on about how wonderful her life is and how much money she has and how nice her house is.  Grace thinks that Anna is...

full of hot air.

Answer 4

Idiom Scenario 1:

"to be full of hot air"
Bill is a used car salesman.  One day, he is trying to sell a car to a potential customer.  Bill talks and talks about the virtues of a car that the customer is interested in.  Anyone can see that the car is old and rusty.  It is not a good car but Bill insists that the car is fantastic and is reliable and a good value for the money.

Bill is full of hot air.

Answer 5

Idiom Definition:

"to be full of hot air"

to talk nonsense
to say things that are not true
to exaggerate
 

Synonyms:
arrogant, big-headed, blow-hard, boast, boaster, bombastic, brag, braggart, embroider, grandiloquent, grandstand, inflate, know-it-all, long-winded, loquacious, motor-mouth, redundant, repeating, repetitious, repetitive, rhetorical, show-off, stretch, talkative, tedious, verbose, windbag
 
 
This hot air balloon is literally full of hot air. - - - - ->