大おお風ぶ呂ろ敷しき

noun

large furoshiki; big wrapping cloth

Literally a large traditional wrapping cloth. The figurative sense (sense 2) derives from the image of spreading out a big cloth to wrap something grand.

See also: 風呂敷

• 引ひっ越こしのとき、大おお風ぶ呂ろ敷しきで布ふ団とんを包つつんだ。

  When moving, I wrapped the futon in a large furoshiki.

noun

big talk; boasting; bluster

Figurative use: exaggerated talk or grand promises, often with the implication that they are unrealistic. Common in phrases like 大風呂敷を広げる (to make grand plans or boast).

• 彼かれはいつも大おお風ぶ呂ろ敷しきを広ひろげるが、実じっ行こうが伴ともなわない。

  He always talks big, but never follows through.

• その計けい画かくは大おお風ぶ呂ろ敷しきすぎて、誰だれも信しんじなかった。

  The plan was such an exaggeration that nobody believed it.