| 词汇 | TALKING |
| 释义 | See also CHATTER, CONVERSATION, GOSSIP, SPEECH. bad-mouth n. someone who speaks ill of someone or something.Harry is such a bad-mouth!The world is filled with bad-mouths. We need more caring people. beat one's gums tr. to waste time talking a great deal without results.I'm tired of beating my gums about this stuff.You're just beating your gums. No one is listening. big mouth n. a person who talks too much or too loudly; someone who tells secrets. (Also a term of address.)Okay, big mouth! Shut up!Tell that big mouth to shut up. diarrhea of the mouth and diarrhea of the jawbone n. an imaginary disease involving constant talking.Wow, does he ever have diarrhea of the mouth!You're getting diarrhea of the jawbone again. flapjaw n. a talkative person.Who is the flapjaw who has Sally cornered?Martin is anything but a flapjaw. I bet he doesn't say a dozen words per hour. foot-in-mouth disease n. the tendency to say the wrong thing at the wrong time.I suffer a lot from foot-in-mouth disease.Well, Ralph has foot-in-mouth disease again. gift of gab n. the ability to speak well in public; the ability to persuade people verbally; the ability to speak well extemporaneously.Gary has the gift of gab, but it doesn't get him anywhere.I wish I had the gift of gab. I'm just so shy. go tr. to say or utter something. (Used in writing only for effect.)So I go, “Gross!”Then she goes, “Like . . . ,” and just stops talking. go on (and on) about someone or something in. to rave about someone or something endlessly.He just went on and on about the trouble he was having with the post office.Why do you have to go on about your sister so? like interj. a particle meaning roughly “saying.” (Always with some form of be. Use caution with like. Never used in formal writing.)Tiffany was like, “Wow!”And I'm like, “Well, you should have put your hat on!” mushmouth n. a person who does not or cannot speak clearly.Don't be a mushmouth. Talk plainly.How can a mushmouth like that get a job reading news on network television? quote, unquote phr. a parenthetical expression said before a word or short phrase indicating that the word or phrase would be in quotation marks if used in writing.So I said to her, quote, unquote, it's time we had a little talk.I think my quote, unquote reputation is ruined. rap session n. an informal conversation session.The kids settled down for a long rap session.The rap session was interrupted by a fire drill. ratchet-mouth and motor-mouth n. someone who talks incessantly. (Also a term of address.)Tell that ratchetmouth to shut up!Hey, motor-mouth, quiet! run down some lines in. to converse (with someone).I was running down some lines with Fred when the bell rang.Hey, man, let's run down some lines. run one's rhymes tr. to say what you have to say; to give one's speech or make one's plea. (Collegiate.)Go run your rhymes with somebody else!I told him to run his rhymes elsewhere. schmooze and shmooze; schmoose 1. in. to chat; to chew the fat. (From Hebrew schmuos via Yiddish.) You were schmoozing when you should have been listening.We were shmoozing before quitting time, and then the boss walked by. 2. n. a session of chatting or conversing. Come over, and let's have a schmooze before you go.A good schmoose is what you need. schmoozer n. someone who chats or converses well.Clare can't sing a note, but what a schmoozer!Two old schmoozers sat muttering to one another all afternoon by the duck pond. shoot from the hip in. to speak quickly and without thinking.She has a tendency to shoot from the hip, but that's not really a problem.I shot from the hip when I spoke. I'm sorry. talk like a nut in. to say stupid things.You're talking like a nut! You don't know what you are saying.Don't talk like a nut! We can't afford a trip to Florida! yak and yack in. to talk.Stop yakking for a minute.I need to yack with you about something. |
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