Full of Hot Air
What it means
Talking confidently and at length without saying anything that holds up.
Where it comes from
Hot air lifts a balloon because heating thins it, so the same volume weighs less. As a description of a certain kind of speech, that is hard to improve on.
The puzzle it came from
Full of Hot Air was the answer to the Phrasicle of June 10, 2025. The clue read ____ of ____ ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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cat
walk
way
back
door
piping
hot
sauce
pan
handler
plate
full
moon
light
beam
rip
open
air
quality
control
Phrasicle: Full of Hot Air