出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第72页(209字)
指表面上看来很庄严、正大或体面(其实并非如此),例他的话说得冠冕堂皇,做起事来却大打折扣,令人失望。
He talks in a dignified and high-sounding way,but his underhand activities make everybody feel disappointed.