full of it

Idioms

Also, full of the devil . Mischievous, naughty. For example, The youngsters were full of it today, giving the teacher a hard time , or Bill is full of the devil, hiding his roommate's clothes and teasing him mercilessly .
Talking nonsense, as in He claims to have fixed the dock, but I think he's full of it . This usage is a euphemism for ruder idioms like full of crap .

Example Sentences

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The company recently released a “constitution” for Claude, an effort to both guide the machine’s behavior and demonstrate that it has not been full of it when it has talked of building an A.I. that would be helpful, not destructive.

From Slate

“I could use a lot of good luck right now—a whole tow sack full of it. I’d like to catch those monkeys before someone else does. As unlucky as I’ve been, that’s probably what will happen. I’ve worried so much now, I’ll probably be white-headed before I’m sixteen years old.”

From Literature

"The Brown U thing is totally false but the Charlie Kirk allegation is even more egregious," he wrote on X. "Kash was in DC on 9/10 and in New York the next day for the 9/11 ceremonies - not personal travel. Durbin and whoever he's speaking to are full of it."

From BBC

I interviewed Flores and Macias at the site of their choice to size them up and decide who came off as truthful and who was full of it.

From Los Angeles Times

He waxes poetic about the importance of "prevention." to the point where even those of us who know he's full of it can get sucked in, at least until we remember that he rejects the single most important form of preventive care ever developed.

From Salon

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