To exaggerate in words
Exaggerate in what he said. Speak excessively. Or: Talk too much (the word exaggeration means exaggeration or exaggeration)
("Not because he was rich in words, but because he did not say a word that he had not heard from his master forever" - Sukkah 27b)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִפְלִיג בִּדְבָרִים
Definition (Hebrew)
הִגְזִים בַּדְּבָרִים שֶׁאָמַר. דִּבֵּר דִּבְרֵי גֻּזְמָה. אוֹ: הִרְבָּה לְדַבֵּר (הַפְלָגָה מַשְׁמָע הַגְזָמָה אוֹ הַרְחָקָה)
("לֹא מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהִפְלִיגוֹ בִּדְבָרִים, אֶלָּא מִפְּנֵי שֶׁלֹּא אָמַר דָּבָר שֶׁלֹּא שָׁמַע מִפִּי רַבּוֹ לְעוֹלָם"- סֻכָּה כז ע"ב)