on stilts

on stilts 1. supported by stilts 踩着高跷。 2. (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。

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