den Mund zu voll nehmen
to shoot one's mouth off
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In a sentence
Der Prahler nimmt den Mund zu voll und kann nichts halten.
How it is used
Means 'to shoot one's mouth off' — boasting or making empty promises. Idiomatic, colloquial, used to criticize overconfidence. Nuance: implies exaggeration, not just confidence.
Other verbs that go with Mund
This is the choice the collocation turns on.
- den Mund aufmachen / aufreißento open one's mouth
- den Mund verziehento twist one's mouth
- den Mund schließento shut one's mouth
- jdm. den Mund verbietento forbid someone to speak
- den Mund haltento keep one's mouth shut
- nach dem Mund redento say what someone wants to hear
- sich den Mund verbrennento burn one's mouth
Other collocations built on nehmen
- Abschied nehmen von+Dat.to bid farewell to
- seinen Abschied nehmento take one's leave
- Abstand nehmen von+Dat.to distance oneself from something
- sich in Acht nehmen vor+Dat.to be careful/watch out for a danger
- einen Anfang nehmento get under way
- etw. / jdn. in Anspruch nehmento use/claim something
- etw. in Angriff nehmento tackle/start something energetically
- Anstoß nehmen an+Dat.to take offense at something
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