talk the hind leg off a donkey Idioma
donkey's years
a very long time I talked to my friend for a long time because I hadn't seen her in donkey's years.
act a Donkey
to act a fool
donkey-lick
Australian slang for to defeat decisively
Donkey work
Donkey work is any hard, boring work or task.
For donkey's years
(UK) If people have done something, usually without much if any change, for an awfully long time, they can be said to have done it for donkey's years.
In donkey's years
'I haven't seen her in donkey's years.' - This means for a very long time.
Like giving a donkey strawberries
(UK) If something is like giving a donkey strawberries, people fail to appreciate its value.
Talk the hind legs off a donkey
A person who is excessively or extremely talkative can talk the hind legs off a donkey.
talk the afterwards leg(s) off a donkey
To allocution endlessly and exhaustingly. I love my Aunt Lily, but she'd allocution the afterwards legs off a donkey if you let her!Learn more: donkey, hind, off, talktalk the afterwards leg off a donkey
BRITISHIf you say that addition could talk the afterwards leg off a donkey, you beggarly that they allocution a lot. You won't be abbreviate of chat with Adrian. He could allocution the afterwards leg off a donkey.Learn more: donkey, hind, leg, off, talktalk the afterwards leg off a donkey
allocution incessantly. British informal In 1808 talking a horse's afterwards leg off was declared as an ‘old barnyard hyperbole’ in Cobbett's Weekly Political Register , but the adaptation with donkey was accepted by the mid 19th century. In 1879 Anthony Trollope mentioned talk the afterwards legs off a dog as an Australian variant. 1970 Nina Bawden The Birds on the Trees Talk, talk—talk the afterwards leg off a donkey, that one. Learn more: donkey, hind, leg, off, talktalk the afterwards leg(s) off a ˈdonkey
(informal, humorous) (usually acclimated with can or could) allocution for a continued time: He would accomplish a acceptable baby-kisser — he could allocution the afterwards legs off a donkey!Learn more: donkey, hind, leg, off, talk
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