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1 talk a dog's hind leg off
разг.(talk a dog's (a donkey's или a horse's) hind leg off (тж. talk the hind leg off a dog, off a donkey или off a horse, talk smb's head off; амер. talk smb's ear off, talk the bark off a tree))утомить кого-л. многословием, замучить кого-л. разговорами, заговорить кого-л. (до потери сознания, до смерти)‘That's the sort of wife to marry, my boy. Look at her.’ ‘I believe you'd talk the hind leg off a donkey, Athelny,’ she answered calmly. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Of Human Bondage’, ch. 88) — - Вот на каких женщинах следует жениться, мой мальчик! Вы только на нее поглядите! - Ты кому угодно заморочишь голову, Ательни, - спокойно отозвалась его жена.
Lady Britomart: "Andrew: you can talk my head off, but you can't change wrong into right." (B. Shaw, ‘Major Barbara’, act III) — Леди Бритомарт: "Эндрю, ты, конечно, можешь заговорить меня до потери сознания, но ты не можешь сделать черное белым."
All I wanted was a chance to read my book, but my seatmate talked my ear off. (RHD) — Единственно, что мне хотелось, - это спокойно почитать, а сидевший рядом пассажир замучил меня своими разговорами.
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