8 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TALK THE HIND LEG(S) OFF A DONKEY»
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... reasonable way: Why don't you talk sense! . talk shop to talk about your job
with those you work with when not at work: Even at a party they have to talk shop!
. talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey uk informal to talk without stopping for a long
time ...
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Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
T. Capote., He looked like an urban hillbilly J.Baez. hill of beans Am., Can.col.
nothing: Themoney he lost doesn't amount to ahill ofbeans.W. Magnuson. hind
leg/ talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey (or dog, horse). Am. col. talk to a wearing
extent.
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Cambridge Advanced Learner'
s Dictionary
talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey uk informal to talk without stopping for a long time
• talk the talk ... walk the walk If you say that someone talks the talk but does not
walk the walk, you mean that they do not act in a way that agrees with the things ...
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Englesko-srpski Frazeološki Rečnik: L-Z
(to) talk over something. to talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey x prilati Markove
konake; prilati nadugalko i naSiroko x I don't advise you to start a conversation
with that fellow in the corner - he could talk the hind legs off a donkey. x "I dried
her ...
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Allen'
s Dictionary of English Phrases
Marina Warner Indigo 1992 He's been in Paris donkey's years but he's still
awfully English. talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey British, informal to talk endlessly
and often persuasively. In early use the phrase also occurs with horse instead of
...
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Srpsko-engleski frazeološki rečnik
(J. Braine, Room at the Top) previse pricati (o kome/cemu) X to spout off (about
someone/something) * to talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey coll. * to talk one 's
head off slang X There is no need to spout off like this. Calm down and think what
...
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“Le” Robert & Collins super senior: grand dictionnaire ...
... talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey * c'est un vrai moulin à paroles hitlder1 ['hainda
' ] ad| (compar ol hind2) hinder2 |'hindsr] I- si-.l vt (=obstruct, impede) entraver,
gêner ; (= delay) retarder , (= pre- vent) empêcher, arrêter ♢ the rescue team's ...
Alain Duval, Kathleen Micham, 2000
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Le Robert & Collins super senior: grand dictionnaire ...
she could or would talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey* c'est un vrai moulin à
paroles hlnder' |hamdor| adj compar of hind2 hlnder2 ('hmdarl L- s"") vt (obstruct.
impede) gêner, entraver [sb qn) ; (oppose) faire obstacle à (sfh qch); (delay)
retarder; ...
Alain Duval, Dominique Le Fur, Vivian Marr, 1995
