Empty vessels make the most noise

Meaning: Those who know the least often talk the most.

Origin: English proverb, sometimes attributed to Plato.

Translations

• French: Les tonneaux vides font le plus de bruit (literally: Empty barrels make the most noise)
• Spanish: Mucho ruido y pocas nueces (literally: Much noise and few nuts)
• Japanese: 空の樽が最も大きな音を立てる (Kara no taru ga mottomo ōkina oto wo tateru) (literally: Empty barrels make the loudest sound)

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