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talk the hind leg off a donkey

talk the hind leg off a donkey verb: to talk a lot.

Verb

talk 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)

  1. (UK, idiomatic, informal) 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

Synonyms of talk the hind leg off a donkey

Forms of talk the hind leg off a donkey

third-person singular presenttalks the hind leg off a donkey
present participletalking the hind leg off a donkey
past participletalked the hind leg off a donkey
pasttalked the hind leg off a donkey
alternative formtalk the hind legs off a donkey

Questions about talk the hind leg off a donkey

What does talk the hind leg off a donkey mean?
Talk the hind leg off a donkey means to talk a lot.
What part of speech is talk the hind leg off a donkey?
Talk the hind leg off a donkey is a verb.
What is the past tense of talk the hind leg off a donkey?
The past tense of talk the hind leg off a donkey is talked the hind leg off a donkey.

Words near talk the hind leg off a donkey in the dictionary

  1. talk stories
  2. talk story
  3. talk storying
  4. talk the ears off a donkey
  5. talk the ears off someone
  6. talk the hind leg off a donkey
  7. talk the hind legs off a donkey
  8. talk the leg off the Lamb of God
  9. talk the legs off a pot
  10. talk the legs off a pots
  11. talk the legs off a potted

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