"talk the legs off a pot" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: talk the legs off a pots [present, singular, third-person], talk the legs off a potting [participle, present], talk the legs off a potted [participle, past], talk the legs off a potted [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Ireland, humorous, idiomatic 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
    Sense id: en-talk_the_legs_off_a_pot-en-verb-e42dPgk0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Irish English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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