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To accept applause at the end of a performance in a theatre. Often this includes actually bowing to the audience. 
talk out one's ass » Search talk out one's ass on Amazon!   Search talk out one's ass on Google!
To speak authoritatively on a subject which one actually knows little about; to exaggerate. 
talk up » Search talk up on Amazon!   Search talk up on Google!
In such a way as to make the thing or person sound better than it actually is. 
throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick » Search throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick on Amazon!   Search throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick on Google!
Try the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at [1] on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at [2] on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at [3] on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at [4] on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at [5] on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes: throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at [6] on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isn 
throw shapes » Search throw shapes on Amazon!   Search throw shapes on Google!
To act tough or put up a front. For example, to threaten a person by making "karate chops" at them, without actually doing harm or knowing karate. 
wine tosser » Search wine tosser on Amazon!   Search wine tosser on Google!
A person who talks a great deal about wine but actually knows very little. 
wishful thinking » Search wishful thinking on Amazon!   Search wishful thinking on Google!
The illusion that what one would like is actually true. 
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