talk a blue streak
To talk quickly and at length about something
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talk a good game
To speak confidently and convincingly about something
talk a mile a minute
Speak quickly and at length
talk about
Discuss or mention something
talk about somebody
Discuss or mention someone
talk about the weather
Discuss unimportant or trivial matters
talk back
Respond impolitely or argumentatively to someone
talk down
speak condescendingly to someone
talk in circles
To discuss something without making progress or reaching a conclusion
talk is cheap
It is easy to talk about doing something, but actual action is more difficult.
talk jockey
a person who talks a lot, especially on the radio
talk like an apothecary
to speak using overly technical or obscure language
Talk of Angels, and hear the flutter of their wings
Speak of someone, and they will appear
talk of the devil
to mention someone just before they appear
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.
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