English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
On Standard English
The man makes mouth too much (nonstandard).
The man is all mouth (standard). To be all mouth is to tend to talk boastfully without any intention of acting on one’s words.
He even had the mind to come to my house (nonstandard).
He even had the gall to come to my house (standard). To do something rude and unreasonable that most people would be too embarrassed to do is to have the gall to do something.
GAB
