empty vessels make the most sound
- empty vessels make the most sound
Foolish or witless persons are the most talkative or noisy. Vessel here means a receptacle, as a drinking-vessel.
a 1430 J. LYDGATE Pilgrimage of Man (EETS) 1. 15933 A voyde vessel..maketh outward a gret soun, Mor than..what yt was ful.
1547 W. BALDWIN Treatise of Moral Philosophy IV. Q4 As emptye vesselles make the lowdest sounde: so they that haue least wyt, are the greatest babblers.
1599 SHAKESPEARE Henry V IV. iv. 64 I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart: but the saying is true—The empty vessel makes the greatest sound.
1707 SWIFT Essay on Faculties of Mind I. 249 Empty Vessels sound loudest.
1967 RIDOUT & WITTING English Proverbs Explained 51 Empty vessels make the most sound.
1982 J. BINGHAM Brock & Defector xiii. ‘All talk and no action...’ ‘Empty vessels make the most noise,’ Brock agreed.
2002 Times: Register 21 Oct. 10 The adage ‘empty vessels make most noise’ has certainly come to mind as I have listened to many other politicians.
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Empty vessels make the most sound. — Empty vessels make (the) most noise/sound. something that you say which means that people who talk a lot and frequently express their opinions are often stupid. David talks as if he s an expert on everything, but empty vessels make most noise … New idioms dictionary
Empty vessels make the most noise. — Empty vessels make (the) most noise/sound. something that you say which means that people who talk a lot and frequently express their opinions are often stupid. David talks as if he s an expert on everything, but empty vessels make most noise … New idioms dictionary
empty vessels make the most noise — (or sound) proverb those with least wisdom or knowledge are always the most talkative … Useful english dictionary
Empty vessels make most sound. — Empty vessels make (the) most noise/sound. something that you say which means that people who talk a lot and frequently express their opinions are often stupid. David talks as if he s an expert on everything, but empty vessels make most noise … New idioms dictionary
Empty vessels make most noise. — Empty vessels make (the) most noise/sound. something that you say which means that people who talk a lot and frequently express their opinions are often stupid. David talks as if he s an expert on everything, but empty vessels make most noise … New idioms dictionary
empty vessels make most sound — ► empty vessels make most noise (or sound) proverb those with least wisdom or knowledge are always the most talkative. Main Entry: ↑empty … English terms dictionary
empty vessels make most noise — ► empty vessels make most noise (or sound) proverb those with least wisdom or knowledge are always the most talkative. Main Entry: ↑empty … English terms dictionary
empty — see empty sacks will never stand upright empty vessels make the most sound better are small fish than an empty dish don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater … Proverbs new dictionary
sound — see empty vessels make the most sound if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is … Proverbs new dictionary
Empty vessel — The phrase empty vessel literally means a container with nothing inside. It has additional significance in various areas.In literatureThe quotation, As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest… … Wikipedia
