grandiose claims of success

/ɡrænˈdiːəʊz kleɪmz əv səkˈses/

noun phrase

  1. Exaggerated or overly impressive statements about achieving success, often made without enough evidence.

    B2

    plural

    • "The company made grandiose claims of success, but its product was not ready."B2
    • "Investors were skeptical of his grandiose claims of success because he provided no reliable figures."C1
    • "The politician's grandiose claims of success were met with skepticism by the public."B2
    • "He made grandiose claims of success, but his project failed to deliver."B1

Common mistakes

  • grandiose claim of successes→grandiose claims of success

    Success is usually uncountable in this expression.

Collocations

make grandiose claimsclaims of successunsubstantiated claimsgrandiose promises

Word family

grandioseclaimsuccesssuccessful