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Hello and welcome to the English We Speak from BBC Learning English.
I'm Jiayin.
And I'm Neil.
Thanks for wearing a hat today, Neil.
It'll be great for demonstrating our piece of authentic English today.
Well, wearing a hat is very useful.
It makes you taller and smarter.
The bigger the hat, the bigger the brains, apparently.
Excellent.
You have demonstrated our phrase very well.
Remind me what it is to talk through your hat.
It means to talk a lot about something you don't really understand.
I could say you're just talking rubbish.
Maybe I should just wear a different hat.
No, Neil.
Just listen to these examples and you'll understand.
I don't believe Roy's story about climbing Mount Everest.
He's talking through his hat.