Empty Barrels Make the Most Noise In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Empty Barrels Make the Most Noise", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Eudora Thao

2020-12-21 09:12

Meaning of Empty Barrels Make the Most Noise

Synonyms:

empty vessels make (the) most noise , empty vessels make (the) most sound

Empty Barrels Make the Most Noise proverb

It is a common idiom mostly used to refer to individuals who speak too much and also have less understanding or information about whatever they are talking about or giving opinions. In Viet Nam, we also have the same proverb.

Used to say about the people who have the lack of understanding but they always want to show people that they are the smart persons.

Linda always boasts that her son was a genius. I find empty barrels make the most noise.

Origin of Empty Barrels Make the Most Noise

Someone who has the lack of knowledge but is still taking about. Source image: Internet

Emty barrels make the most noise that show the lack of knowledge when giving opinion or discuss. ( Image Source: Internet)

The idiom combines the hole inside of an object such as a drum (or ship or can), and its loud sound to an ignorant person's empty thoughts and his or her talkative nature. This expression is typically used by people when they want to discredit someone who makes their opinion widely known. This idiom's origin is unknown. However, It is showed that somewhere around the year 1850, this expression started to appear in writing.