Idioms about talking

Idioms About Talking

Chew the rag:

chatting for a long time.

I met my best friend after 10 years and we spent hour chewing the rag remembering the old days.

Flap one’s lips: 

failure in recording which makes lips moving but no sound can be heard.

I am making an animation of someone flapping lips to show in my photography class.

Gift of the gab: 

Ability to speak confidently anywhere at any topic.

She is the best for this debate competition as she has got the gift of the gab.

Shoot the breeze: 

having a chat.

My mother and her friend have been shooting the breeze for an hour now.

Spit it out: 

urging someone to say something quickly.

Spit it out girl, why did you make a fake phone call?

Talk a blue streak: 

speaking unstoppably.

I don’t want to meet him as he always talks a blue streak.

Talk one’s head off: 

talking for a long time loudly.

He took his head off and he himself had no idea what he was talking about.

Talk one’s ear off: 

talking for more than it is wanted.

She is my best friend but will talk your ear off if you let her.

Talk in circles: 

arguing over the same matter by using different words.

What is the point of talking in circles? come to the point!

Talk to hear one’s own voice: 

talking too much.

Oh he she is talking to hear her own voice.