talk of the devil
to mention someone just before they appear
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talk of the devil and he's sure to appear
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
talk on the phone
Common English phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
talk out of one's ass
To speak nonsense or utter foolishness
talk out of one's ear
to talk nonsense or foolishly
talk out of turn
To speak at an inappropriate time or without being asked
talk over someone's head
to speak in a way that is too complicated for someone to understand
talk shop
To intrude oneself or one’s private business too freely into conversation. Any one who does this is said to be shoppy.
talk someone under the table
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
talk someone's ear off
To talk to someone excessively and boringly
talk the legs off a pot
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
talk the talk
to speak confidently and persuasively about something
talk through one's hat
To talk nonsense or speak without knowledge
talk to
communicate or converse with someone
talk to a brick wall
to try to communicate with someone who is unresponsive or unwilling to listen
talk to God
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
talk to oneself
to think aloud or have an internal conversation
talk trash
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
talk turkey
Discuss something practically and seriously
talk up
To promote or praise something enthusiastically
talking
A stable term, of a milder kind, applied to those horses which are addicted to ROARING. See the latter expression.
talking head
A person who appears on television to provide information or commentary
tall
Extensive, exaggerated,—generally applied to conversation, as "loud" is to dress, or personal appearance; "TALL talk that," i.e., conversation too boastful or high-flown to be true. Among pedestrians a great rate of speed is spoken of as TALL.
tall and thin
Very slender and lanky
tall boy
A bottle, or two-quart pot.
tall in the saddle
Confident and in control of a situation
tall order
A difficult or demanding task
tall story
An exaggerated or untrue story
tall tale
An exaggerated or fanciful story
tally
Five dozen bunches of turnips.—Costermongers’ term.
tally men
Brokers that let out clothes to the women of the town. See RABBIT SUCKERS.
tallyman
An accommodating salesman who takes payment by instalments to suit the convenience of the purchaser, but who is anything but accommodating when payments are irregular. TALLYMEN are the cause of much misfortune to the working classes, from their high and exorbitant rates, and the temptations they offer to weak-minded women, who purchase in haste and repent at leisure.
tallywag
A testicle.
tallywhacker
Penis
tame
To run tame about a house; to live familiarly in a family with which one is upon a visit. Tame army; the city trained bands.
Tammany Hall
The headquarters (in 14th Street, New York) of the controlling organization of the Democratic Party in New York City and State; hence, the Party itself, and, as this has been so frequently prosecuted and exposed for bribery ana corruption, used figuratively for wholesale and systematic political or municipal malpractice.
tamp down
to suppress or reduce something
Tampon Tim
Tim Walz.
tan
To beat or thrash; "I’ll TAN your hide," i.e., I’ll give you a good beating.
tan someone's hide
to spank or whip someone severely
tandem
A two-wheeled chaise, buggy, or noddy, drawn by two horses, one before the other: that is, AT LENGTH.
tangier
A room in Newgate, where debtors were confined, hence called Tangerines.
tanist stone
The monolith erected by the ancient Gaelic kings at their coronation; especially that called Uafail, which, according to tradition, is identical with the famous stone of Scone (^.v.), now forming part of the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey. It is said to have been set up at Icolmkil for the coronation of Fergus I of Scotland, a con- temporary of Alexander the Great (about 300 B.C.), and son of Ferchard, King of Ireland.
tanked
Drunk.
tanner
A sixpence. The kiddey tipped the rattling cove a tanner for luck; the lad gave the coachman sixpence for drink.
tanner
A sixpence. Perhaps Gipsy, TAWNO, little, or Latin, TENER, slender.
tanny
Or TEENY, little. Gipsy, TAWNO, little.
tantadlin tart
A sirreverence, human excrement.
Tantivy Men
The High Churchmen and Tories of the post-Restoration period; so called because about 1680 they were caricatured as being mounted on the Church of England, "riding tantivy" to Rome. To ride tantivy (a hunting term) is to ride at a rapid gallop.
Tantony Pig
The smallest pig of a litter, which, according to the old proverb, will follow its owner anywhere. So called in honour of St. Anthony, who was the patron saint of swine- herds and is frequently represented with a little pig at his side.
tantrems
Pranks, capers, frolicking; from the Tarantula dance. See account of the involuntary frenzy and motions caused by the bite of the tarantula in Italy.—Penny Cyclopædia.
tantrums
Pet, or passion: madam was in her tantrums.
tantrums
Ill-tempers. "He’s in his TANTRUMS this morning," is often said of a peevish, querulous man. They are not peculiar to the one sex, however.
tantwivy
Away they went tantwivy; away they went full speed. Tantwivy was the sound of the hunting horn in full cry, or that of a post horn.
tanty
A tantrum.
taoc
A coat. "Cool the DELO TAOC" means, "Look at the old coat," but is really intended to apply to the wearer as well, as professors of mixed slangs might say, "Vardy his nibs in the snide bucket."
tap
A gentle blow. A tap on the shoulder;-an-arrest. To tap a girl; to be the first seducer: in allusion to a beer barrel. To tap a guinea; to get it changed.
tap dance
to talk or act evasively
Tap Dance
A quick-time dance in which the rhythm is beaten out on the floor with the dancer's toe or heel, or both alternately. On the stage shoes with a double sole are worn in order that the tap will be more readily audible.
tap-tub
The Morning Advertiser,—so called by vulgar people from the fact that this daily newspaper is the principal organ of the London brewers and publicans. Sometimes termed the Gin and Gospel Gazette, though this title is fast fading out since the paper has been in the hands of its present editor.
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