talk the legs off a pot

verb

To talk a lot.

“I thought John would never shut up. He could talk the legs off a pot.”

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talk the ears off a donkeytalk the hind leg off a donkeytalk the hind legs off a donkeytalk the leg off the Lamb of Godtalk someone's head offtalk someone's arm offtalk someone's leg offtalk the ears off someone
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Meanings

verbtalk the legs off a pot (third-person singular simple present talk the legs off a pots, present participle talk the legs off a potting, simple past and past participle talk the legs off a potted)

present singular third person talk the legs off a pots · participle present talk the legs off a potting · participle past talk the legs off a potted · past talk the legs off a potted

  1. IrelandhumorousidiomaticTo talk a lot.

    I thought John would never shut up. He could talk the legs off a pot.

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    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 hind leg off a donkey, talk the hind legs off a donkey, 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

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo talk a lot.

Similar
talk the ears off a donkeytalk the hind leg off a donkeytalk the hind legs off a donkeytalk 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 hind leg off a donkey
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Chicago

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