get wind in one's jaws

present singular third person gets wind in one's jaws · participle present getting wind in one's jaws · past got wind in one's jaws · participle past got wind in one's jaws · participle past gotten wind in one's jaws · alternative get wind in one's jaw · alternative have wind in one's jaws · alternative have wind in one's jaw

1. SouthernUSidiomaticinformalTo have too much to say; talk too much; run at the mouth; to speak one's mind or voice one's opinion about a matter; blabber

   And anytime you got wind in your jaw you were automatically fired.

   1979, The Albemarle Monthly - Volume 3, Issues 1-3, page 49

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   "Boy, you got wind in your jaws or somethin'? What you suckin' wind fer? Honh?"

   2002, Langston Hughes, Gloria Naylor, Children of the night