walk the walk
To show that something is true through your actions.
He says the team will be just as good without Groncki as they were with him, but we'll have to see if the team can walk the walk.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the full form talk the talk and walk the walk ( to say something that appears to be real or true and show it is real or true through your actions):
Most of these guys say they have religious beliefs, but only a few of them can talk the talk and walk the walk.
Στο δικό μου κείμενο το walk the walk έρχεται διαζευκτικά με το waddle the waddle, επειδή η πρωταγωνίστρια είναι υποχρεωμένη να παραστήσει την πάπια.
You obviously need someone who can walk the walk or, you know, waddle the waddle. And I'm just not your girl.
Waddle
1. To walk with short steps that tilt the body from side to side.
2. To walk heavily and clumsily with a pronounced sway.
n. A swaying gait: the waddle of ducks.
Η μία λύση είναι να ξεχάσουμε την πάπια και το περπάτημά της -- και να αντικαταστήσουμε τον ιδιωματισμό walk the walk, να πούμε π.χ.
Χρειάζεσαι κάποιον που δεν είναι όλο λόγια, ή μάλλον κουάκ-κουάκ.
Άλλη λύση;
To show that something is true through your actions.
He says the team will be just as good without Groncki as they were with him, but we'll have to see if the team can walk the walk.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the full form talk the talk and walk the walk ( to say something that appears to be real or true and show it is real or true through your actions):
Most of these guys say they have religious beliefs, but only a few of them can talk the talk and walk the walk.
Στο δικό μου κείμενο το walk the walk έρχεται διαζευκτικά με το waddle the waddle, επειδή η πρωταγωνίστρια είναι υποχρεωμένη να παραστήσει την πάπια.
You obviously need someone who can walk the walk or, you know, waddle the waddle. And I'm just not your girl.
Waddle
1. To walk with short steps that tilt the body from side to side.
2. To walk heavily and clumsily with a pronounced sway.
n. A swaying gait: the waddle of ducks.
Η μία λύση είναι να ξεχάσουμε την πάπια και το περπάτημά της -- και να αντικαταστήσουμε τον ιδιωματισμό walk the walk, να πούμε π.χ.
Χρειάζεσαι κάποιον που δεν είναι όλο λόγια, ή μάλλον κουάκ-κουάκ.
Άλλη λύση;