brag and hoast; draw (/pull) a (the) long bow; talk tall (/big/horse) ❍ 孔夫子说，他七十岁干什么都合乎客观规律了，我就不相信，那是～。(《毛泽东选集》Ⅴ—314)Confucius said that at the age of seventy whatever he did was in con formity with objective law,but I don't believe it,he was just bragging.