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all the gear and no idea

all the gear and no idea adjective: having high-quality, expensive equipment for a risky or difficult activity, without any of the requisite knowledge.

Adjective

all the gear and no idea (not comparable)

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic) Having high-quality, expensive equipment for a risky or difficult activity, without any of the requisite knowledge.

Questions about all the gear and no idea

What does all the gear and no idea mean?
All the gear and no idea means having high-quality, expensive equipment for a risky or difficult activity, without any of the requisite knowledge.
What part of speech is all the gear and no idea?
All the gear and no idea is an adjective.

Words near all the gear and no idea in the dictionary

  1. all that jazz
  2. all that one's life is worth
  3. all that one's life's worth
  4. all that said
  5. all the best
  6. all the gear and no idea
  7. all the go
  8. all the gold in Fort Knox
  9. all the hours God sends
  10. all the less
  11. all the marbles

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