T
Idioms beginning with "T"
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[talk a blue streak] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To talk on and on, usually very fast.
Sue is a nice girl but after one drink she talks a blue streak and won't stop.
[talk back] also [answer back] {v.} {informal}
To answer rudely; reply in a disrespectful way; be fresh.
When the teacher told the boy to sit down, he talked back to her and said she couldn't make him.
* /Mary talked back when her mother told her […]
[talk big] {v.}, {informal}
To talk boastfully; brag.
He talks big about his pitching, but he hasn't won a game.
[talk down] {v.}
1. To make (someone) silent by talking louder or longer.
Sue tried to give her ideas, but the other girls talked her down.
Compare: [SHOUT DOWN] (2).
2. To use words or ideas that are too easy.
* /The speaker talked down to the […]
[talk in circles] {v. phr.}
To waste time by saying words that don't mean very much.
After three hours at the negotiating table, the parties decided to call it quits because they realized that they had been talking in circles.
[talk into] {v.}
1. To get (someone) to agree to; make (someone) decide on (doing something) by talking; persuade to. — Used with a verbal noun.
Bob talked us into walking home with him.
Compare: [TALK OVER] (2).
Contrast: [TALK OUT OF].
2. […]
[talk of the town] {n. phr.}
Something that has become so popular or prominent that everyone is discussing it.
Even after three decades, Picasso's famous metal statue is still the talk of the town in Chicago.
[talk out] {v.}
To talk all about and leave nothing out; discuss until everything is agreed on; settle.
After their quarrel, Jill and John talked things out and reached full agreement.
[talk out of] {v.}
1. To persuade not to; make agree or decide not to. — Used with a verbal noun.
Mary's mother talked her out of quitting school.
Contrast: [TALK INTO].
2. To allow to go or get out by talking; let escape by talking.
* /Johnny […]