supported by stilts
踩着高跷
(of language) bombastic or stilted
(语言)夸张做作的(地),不自然的(地)
he is talking nonsense on stilts, and he knows it.他正在夸张地胡说八道,这一点他自己很清楚。
he is talking nonsense on stilts, and he knows it.
他正在夸张地胡说八道,这一点他自己很清楚。