What does the saying you can talk the talk but not walk the walk?
Telling a person that they can talk the talk but not walk the
walk can have a few different meanings, but they all come back to
the same principle: actions speak louder than words. This question
stems from the challenge "if you talk the talk, you've got to walk
the walk." An example would be a person talking of principles. You
can talk all you want about principles, but you have to actually
live by them, too.
If you tell a person they can talk the talk but not walk the
walk, it can mean the person is a hypocrite, thus not practicing
what they preach. But it can also mean they are procrastinating.
They're talking about doing things but not actually doing them.
They're all talk, no action.