Sunday 6 September 2009

Daily Chinese Proverb: Action or Words?

This proverb could be used to express the idea of somone with 'more words than action'. Which is to say that someone says they will do something and then not deliver upon their word.

雷声大，雨点小
Léi shēng dà, yǔ diǎn xiǎo.
Thunder is louder than the little rain warrants.



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2 comments:

  1. Puerhan8 September 2009 at 13:51

    Variations -

    "All talk and no action"

    "Their bark is bigger than their bite"

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  2. Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin8 September 2009 at 20:42

    Ahhh, yes.

    Thanks for the additional variations. I was a little bit last weekend.

    Interesting how the cultures use very different metaphors for similiar meanings isn't it?

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