talking someone's ear off

Verb

talk someone's ear off (third-person singular simple present talks someone's ear off, present participle talking someone's ear off, simple past and past participle talked someone's ear off)

1. (idiomatic, slang) To talk to someone excessively, or far more than is wanted or appreciated.
   • Near-synonyms: talk the ears off a donkey, talk the hind leg off a donkey, talk the legs off a pot, talk the leg off the Lamb of God

   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, talk the ears off a donkey, talk the hind leg off a donkey, talk the legs off a pot, talk the leg off the Lamb of God