Idioms
talk (someone's) ear off
to speak too much, to talk to someone and bore them
The man in the bank talked my ear off.
talk (someone's) head off
talk (someone) down in price
talk (someone) into (doing something)
talk (someone) out of (doing something)
talk a blue streak
talk back to (someone)
talk big
talk down to (someone)
talk in circles
talk oneself out
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a so-and-so
let out clothes
on the blink
gold mine of information
let (someone) off the hook
run riot/wild
open and aboveboard
engage in (something)
cold snap/spell
off like a shot
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Fact
The phrase 'rule of thumb'is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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