talk nineteen to the dozen
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talk nineteen to the dozen — talk/chatter/nineteen to the dozen british informal phrase to talk very quickly without stopping Thesaurus: to talk continuously and too muchsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
talk nineteen to the dozen — If someone talks very quickly, they talk nineteen to the dozen … The small dictionary of idiomes
talk nineteen to the dozen — ► talk nineteen to the dozen Brit. talk quickly and incessantly. Main Entry: ↑dozen … English terms dictionary
talk nineteen to the dozen — If someone talks very quickly, they talk nineteen to the dozen. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If someone talks nineteen to the dozen, they speak very quickly. He was talking nineteen to the dozen so I didn t catch the whole story … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
talk nineteen to the dozen — Chatter incessantly. Talk rapidly … A concise dictionary of English slang
chatter nineteen to the dozen — talk/chatter/nineteen to the dozen british informal phrase to talk very quickly without stopping Thesaurus: to talk continuously and too muchsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
dozen — ► NOUN (pl. same) ▪ a group or set of twelve. ● talk nineteen to the dozen Cf. ↑talk nineteen to the dozen DERIVATIVES dozenth adjective. ORIGIN Old French dozeine, from Latin duodecim twelve … English terms dictionary
talk — talk1 W1S1 [to:k US to:k] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(conversation)¦ 2¦(serious subject)¦ 3¦(say words)¦ 4¦(a speech)¦ 5¦(secret information)¦ 6 talk sense/rubbish/nonsense etc 7 talk (some) sense into somebody 8 talk to yourself 9 know what you are talking… … Dictionary of contemporary English
nineteen — nine|teen [ˌnaınˈti:n] number [: Old English; Origin: nigontiene, from nigon nine + tien ten ] 1.) the number 19 ▪ It was nineteen minutes past seven. ▪ I was only nineteen (=19 years old) . 2.) nineteen to the dozen if you talk nineteen to the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
nineteen — /nuyn teen /, n. 1. a cardinal number, ten plus nine. 2. a symbol for this number, as 19 or XIX. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. talk nineteen to the dozen, to talk very rapidly or vehemently: Whenever I m excited I talk nineteen to… … Universalium
