talk+a+lot

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• talk through your hat — informal phrase to talk a lot about a subject that you do not really understand Thesaurus: to talk a lot about other people or unimportant thingssynonym Main entry: talk * * * talk through your hat see ↑talk …   Useful english dictionary

• talk a blue streak — american informal phrase to talk a lot without pausing Thesaurus: to talk continuously and too muchsynonym Main entry: blue * * * I informal speak continuo …   Useful english dictionary

• talk the leg off the lamb of God — talk a lot; persuasively; have the gift of the gab    Minerva was a talker. She could talk the leg off the lamb of God! …   English idioms

• talk your head off — talk a lot, say too much    You can talk your head off, but I won t change my opinion …   English idioms

• talk — 1 verb 1 CONVERSATION (I) to say things to someone, especially in a conversation: talk to: Who was that you were talking to at the party? | talk with: Bob was talking with a pretty woman from the fire department. | talk about/of: We were talking… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• talk — talk1 W1S1 [to:k US to:k] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(conversation)¦ 2¦(serious subject)¦ 3¦(say words)¦ 4¦(a speech)¦ 5¦(secret information)¦ 6 talk sense/rubbish/nonsense etc 7 talk (some) sense into somebody 8 talk to yourself 9 know what you are talking… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• talk — talk1 [ tɔk ] verb *** ▸ 1 communicate ▸ 2 discuss ▸ 3 give lecture ▸ 4 give secret information ▸ 5 achieve something by talking ▸ 6 send information ▸ 7 have power to persuade ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive to use words to communicate: Can their… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• lot — lot1 [ lat ] function word, quantifier *** A lot can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: He seems to like her a lot. (before a comparative adjective or adverb): I feel a lot better. as a pronoun: We didn t get paid a lot, but we had fun …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• talk at — phrasal : to speak to (a person) urgently or unremittingly goes into company not to contradict but to talk at you William Hazlitt whenever she could get me into a corner, she talked at me Gladys Schmitt * * * talk at 1. To address remarks to… …   Useful english dictionary

• talk at — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms talk at : present tense I/you/we/they talk at he/she/it talks at present participle talking at past tense talked at past participle talked at talk at someone to talk a lot without letting anyone else say… …   English dictionary

• Talk the leg off an iron pot — show the gift of the gab; talk a lot; talk at great length …   Dictionary of Australian slang