talk the legs off a pot

Verb

talk 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)

1. (Ireland, humorous, idiomatic) 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
   • I thought John would never shut up. He could talk the legs off a pot.

   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, talk someone under the table