Talks through his hat
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 5Talking nonsense
बेसिर-पैर की बातें करना
He was talking through his hat about a rule he never read.
To talk through one's hat is confidence without knowledge.
Daily use: Bina jaane bak raha tha.
Normal आदमी मुँह से बोलता है। सोचिए कोई मुँह पर hat रखकर उसके अंदर से बड़बड़ा रहा है — बातें दबी हुई और बेमतलब निकलती हैं। यही talk through one's hat है: बकवास करना।
A normal person speaks through the mouth. Picture someone holding a hat over his mouth and mumbling through it — his words come out muffled and meaningless. He is talking through his hat: talking nonsense.
इसका meaning है बिना जाने बकवास करना; full of hot air करीब है, जबकि erudition (विद्वत्ता) उल्टा भाव है।
It means talking nonsense about something one does not know; 'full of hot air' is close, while 'erudition' (deep learning) is the opposite idea.