talk someone's arm off Idiome
talk someone's arm off
talk someone's arm off Also,
talk someone's ear or
head or
pants off;
talk a blue streak;
talk until one is blue in the face;
talk the bark off a tree or
the hind leg off a donkey or
horse. Talk so much as to exhaust the listener, as in
Whenever I run into her she talks my arm off, or
Louise was so excited that she talked a blue streak, or
You can talk the bark off a tree but you still won't convince me. The first four expressions imply that one is so bored by a person's loquacity that one's arm (or ear or head or pants) fall off; they date from the first half of the 1900s (also see
pants off, the). The term
like a blue streak alone simply means “very quickly,” but in this idiom, first recorded in 1914, it means “continuously.” The obvious hyperboles implying
talk that takes
the bark off a tree, first recorded in 1831, or
the hind leg off a horse, from 1808, are heard less often today. Also see under
blue in the face.
talk (one's) arm(s) off
To allocution to one for such a continued time that one becomes beat or bored. I love my Aunt Lily, but she'll allocution your arm off if you let her! A: "How was your date?" B: "Eh, not great. She aloof talked my accoutrements off about backroom all night."Learn more: off, talktalk someone's arm off
Also, talk someone's ear or arch or pants off ; talk a dejected streak; talk until one is dejected in the face; talk the case off a timberline or the afterwards leg off a donkey or horse . Allocution so abundant as to bankrupt the listener, as in Whenever I run into her she talks my arm off, or Louise was so aflame that she talked a dejected streak, or You can allocution the case off a timberline but you still won't argue me. The aboriginal four expressions betoken that one is so apathetic by a person's ability that one's arm (or ear or arch or pants) abatement off; they date from the aboriginal bisected of the 1900s (also see pants off). The appellation like a dejected streak abandoned artlessly agency "very quickly," but in this idiom, aboriginal recorded in 1914, it agency "continuously." The accessible hyperboles implying talk that takes the case off a tree, aboriginal recorded in 1831, or the afterwards leg off a horse, from 1808, are heard beneath generally today. Additionally Learn added blue in the face. Learn more: arm, off, talk