Theresa May accused Jeremy Corbyn of being “all mouth and trousers” on Wednesday. 

Taking part in one of her last PMQs before she is replaced as Tory leader, May attacked Corbyn for voting against her Brexit deal.

“The trouble is when it came to the votes that mattered, when it came to he votes that would actually have an impact on stopping no-deal, the Labour Party whipped against them,” she said.

The prime minister added: “Absolutely typical of the Rt Hon Gentleman – all mouth and trousers.”

May was accused of mangling the phrase “all mouth and no trousers” – meaning someone who does not deliver on their promises.

But the saying “all mouth and trousers” pre-dates the more commonly used current term, but means roughly the same thing. 

Corbyn told May she had “comprehensibly failed on Brexit” and warned no-deal threatened to “crash the economy”.

The Labour leader told the PM to speak to Tory leadership hopefuls Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt and remind them that thousands of jobs are “at risk” the more they “ratchet up” their Brexit rhetoric.

Corbyn highlighted warnings from Chancellor Philip Hammond of a £90billion “hit” to the Treasury’s coffers in the event of no-deal.

“This government is now an irrelevance,” he said. “The two candidates to succeed her have only got fantasy plans. Since she and her successors have no answers, doesn’t the prime minister accept that the best thing to do would be to go back to the people and let them decide which way we go?”

Corbyn did not make clear whether he meant a general election, a second referendum, or both.