People talk a big game

[Fabrício Santos Santana]

I was watching a Gary Vaynerchuck video on youtube and he said this sentence:

People talk a big game – ‘Garry V, you’re going to buy the Jets, I’m going to buy the Rams’.

I just want to be sure: does it have a depreciating meaning, i.e., "people talk too much and do nothing," or does it purely mean "people talk about achieving great things," and not implying anything beyond that?

 

[PaulQ]

does it have a depreciating meaning, i.e...

Yes, but the i.e. = exaggerate (and or fantasize) for self-glorification.

 

[Linkway]

does it have a depreciating meaning,

Do you mean 'depreciating' or 'deprecating'?

 

[Fabrício Santos Santana]

Do you mean 'depreciating' or 'deprecating'?

I don't know which one is right haha

 

[Thomas Tompion]

Either way, the answer is yes, it's quite a critical thing to say of someone. It suggests he's boastful.

 

[Fabrício Santos Santana]

Yes, but the i.e. = exaggerate (and or fantasize) for self-glorification.

I don't quite understand what you meant by this, would you rephrase it?