nineteen to the dozen

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• nineteen to the dozen — nineteen/ten to the dozen British & Australian, informal if someone is talking nineteen to the dozen, they are talking very fast, without stopping. Gaby was chatting away nineteen to the dozen behind me and I couldn t concentrate …   New idioms dictionary

• nineteen to the dozen — (of speaking, done) in great quantity, not necessarily with equal quality • • • Main Entry: ↑nineteen …   Useful english dictionary

• talk nineteen to the dozen — talk/chatter/nineteen to the dozen british informal phrase to talk very quickly without stopping Thesaurus: to talk continuously and too muchsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• talk nineteen to the dozen —    If someone talks very quickly, they talk nineteen to the dozen.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If someone talks nineteen to the dozen, they speak very quickly.     He was talking nineteen to the dozen so I didn t catch the whole story …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• talk nineteen to the dozen — Brit. talk incessantly. → dozen talk nineteen to the dozen see dozen. → talk …   English new terms dictionary

• talk nineteen to the dozen — If someone talks very quickly, they talk nineteen to the dozen …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• talk nineteen to the dozen — ► talk nineteen to the dozen Brit. talk quickly and incessantly. Main Entry: ↑dozen …   English terms dictionary

• chatter nineteen to the dozen — talk/chatter/nineteen to the dozen british informal phrase to talk very quickly without stopping Thesaurus: to talk continuously and too muchsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• ten to the dozen — nineteen/ten to the dozen British & Australian, informal if someone is talking nineteen to the dozen, they are talking very fast, without stopping. Gaby was chatting away nineteen to the dozen behind me and I couldn t concentrate …   New idioms dictionary

• talked nineteen to the dozen — talked ceaselessly, talked in a flowing manner …   English contemporary dictionary

• talk nineteen to the dozen —  Chatter incessantly. Talk rapidly …   A concise dictionary of English slang