"mouthful of marbles" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-mouthful of marbles.ogg [Australia] Forms: mouthfuls of marbles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|mouthfuls of marbles}} mouthful of marbles (plural mouthfuls of marbles)
  1. (idiomatic, used in similes) An indistinct, muffled or garbled manner of speaking. Tags: idiomatic Translations (An indistinct, muffled or garbled manner of speaking): ка́ша во рту (káša vo rtu) (english: porridge in one's mouth) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mouthful_of_marbles-en-noun-HqBW9x24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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