full of crap
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9.9
- idiom
- /fʊl əv kræp/
- Offensive
:
lleno de mierda
- Everyone can tell when you are full of crap during your speech.
- so full of crap
- think you're full of crap
- guy is full of crap
And how full of crap most of them turn out to be, right?
- And how full of crap most of them turn out to be, right?
- And I've learned that the hard way because people think I'm, I'm full of crap.
- Like maybe you really, really love it and you're like, Zoe, you're full of crap.
- They have to see that you're because they're, so they're so used to adults who are full of crap as well.
- We were full of crap when we were like saying, oh, this is a wonderful, so great, so awesome.
- So even, you know, so when people are like, oh, you're full of crap, you're saying money is just a, a, a symbol that we use to exchange goods and services.
- That wasn't full of crap that actually, you know, did it and did it right and and was able to build actual businesses.
Examples
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You know, my dad says you guys are full of crap.
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My first true confirmation that the politicians were full of crap came during the healthcare debate.
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The stock market is full of crap, OK.
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And how full of crap most of them turn out to be, right?
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Some claim he is a holy man, while many say he is full of crap.
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Please explain that logic to me because the facts say you are full of crap on that one.
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People are just full of crap and they don't even know it.
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Drinking lemon water doesn't do diddleysquat to your blood, and anyone who says it does is full of crap.
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You are full of crap if you think that story is true.
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His excuse was full of crap and did not convince anyone.
Synonyms
62
9.9
A person who lies or says things that are not true
6
4.8
Not honest and likely to tell lies
1
7.4
Loud words that try to threaten or impress but have no real meaning
Not honest and likely to say things that are not true
Something that contains a lot of nonsense and useless information
Containing many false or silly statements that are hard to believe
Ideas or statements that are mostly nonsense and have little worth
Full of words that sound moral but are not true
Antonyms
How Truthful
121
1.3
267
4.2
38
3.0
148
4.4
- Offensive
15
9.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward composition of 'full of' (completely filled with) and 'crap' (vulgar slang for nonsense), so a learner who knows the constituent meanings can infer it means 'containing nonsense' or 'not truthful'. The meaning is therefore compositional and predictable, though the expression is informal/vulgar in register.
Etymology
The phrase full of crap comes from the clear image of something being full of crap, which was an old word for 'poo' or for things that have no value. That's why if a person or story is full of crap, we say it is 'not true' or 'nonsense'.