talk the hind leg off a donkey

verb

To talk a lot.

“Near-synonyms: talk someone's head off, talk someone's arm off, talk someone's leg off, talk the ears off someone, talk someone under the table”

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talk the ears off a donkeytalk the legs off a pottalk the leg off the Lamb of Godtalk someone's head offtalk someone's arm offtalk someone's leg offtalk the ears off someonetalk someone under the table
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Meanings

verbtalk the hind leg off a donkey (third-person singular simple present talks the hind leg off a donkey, present participle talking the hind leg off a donkey, simple past and past participle talked the hind leg off a donkey)

present singular third person talks the hind leg off a donkey · participle present talking the hind leg off a donkey · participle past talked the hind leg off a donkey · past talked the hind leg off a donkey · alternative talk the hind legs off a donkey

  1. UKidiomaticinformalTo talk a lot.

    Near-synonyms: talk someone's head off, talk someone's arm off, talk someone's leg off, talk the ears off someone, talk someone under the table

    Synonyms: talk the ears off a donkey, talk the legs off a pot, talk the leg off the Lamb of God, talk someone's head off, talk someone's arm off, talk someone's leg off, talk the ears off someone, talk someone under the table

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo talk a lot.

Similar
talk the ears off a donkeytalk the legs off a pottalk the leg off the Lamb of Godtalk someone's head offtalk someone's arm offtalk someone's leg offtalk the ears off someonetalk someone under the table
Also see
talk someone's ear offtalk the ears off a donkeytalk the leg off the lamb of godtalk the legs off a pot
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APA

talk the hind leg off a donkey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/talk%20the%20hind%20leg%20off%20a%20donkey

MLA

“talk the hind leg off a donkey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/talk%20the%20hind%20leg%20off%20a%20donkey. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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