make promises easily but seldom keep them
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī ngy á NGU ǎ x ì n, which means to speak rashly and lack credit. It comes from the third part of a dream of rising to immortals by Jia Zhongming of Yuan Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The third part of Jia Zhongming's dream of immortality in Ming Dynasty: "don't be untrue. If you are a man who speaks well, you should not play."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate, attribute, or object.
Analysis of Idioms
Antonym: a promise of gold
make promises easily but seldom keep them
raise one 's head and crane one 's neck - qiáo zú yǐn lǐng
Burn the forest and the field, and fish with all your might - fén lín ér tián,jié zé ér yú
sleep in the same bed but dream different dreams - tóng chuáng yì mèng