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| great boast, small roast (used (mockingly) about a person who takes pains to look prosperous (and is dressed well) though is poor (and hungry) in fact); fine feathers don't make fine birds; his clothes are plenty, but his belly is empty | |||
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| great boast, small roast (used (mockingly) about a person who takes pains to look prosperous (and is dressed well) though is poor (and hungry) in fact); fine feathers don't make fine birds; his clothes are plenty, but his belly is empty | |||