纸上谭兵见“纸上谈兵”。[查看详情]

光说不练指只会说而不干实事。[查看详情]

望梅止渴比喻虚望而不能实得。例官人今日眼见一文也无提甚三五两银子正是教俺“望梅止渴，画饼充饥。”——《水浒传》英quench one’s thirst by thinking of plums; barmacides feast;[查看详情]

坐而论道坐在那里高谈阔论空洞的道理。英have an idle talk;[查看详情]

画饼充饥画个饼子来解饿。本比喻徒有虚名而于实际无好处。后多用来比喻以空想来安慰自己。例虽然不曾定个来期也当画饼充饥，望梅止渴。——明冯梦龙《警世通言》英appease one's hunger with depicted cake; draw cakes to allay hunger—feed on illusions;[查看详情]

华而不实只开花不结果。比喻外表好看内容空虚。[查看详情]

夸夸其谈华而不实滔滔不绝地空谈。例对他们讲了十分钟话，全是夸夸其谈。英indulge in exaggeration; talk big;[查看详情]

一纸空文指不起作用的书面文件。例近来又有了什么外销名目说是筹了款项，只能办理本省之事将来不过一纸空文咨部塞责。——清李宝嘉《官场现形记》英be a mere scrap of paper; be empty words on a sheet of paper;[查看详情]