"now you're talking" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=now you're talking}} now you're talking
  1. (idiomatic) A phrase indicating agreement with a previously stated suggestion to change a course of action. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: now you're cooking, now that's what I'm talking about Translations (Phrase indicating agreement): 好啊 (hǎo a) (Chinese Mandarin), puhut asiaa (Finnish), voilà qui est parler (French), עכשיו אתה מדבר לעניין (Hebrew), או, ככה מדברים (Hebrew), ez már beszéd (Hungarian), 그게 좋을 것 같아 (geuge jo-eul geot gat-a) (Korean), agora sim (Portuguese), вот э́то разгово́р (vot éto razgovór) (Russian)
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          "text": "Alice: \"I think we should stop coding and go grab a couple of pints.\""
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          "roman": "hǎo a",
          "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
          "word": "好啊"
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          "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
          "word": "puhut asiaa"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
          "word": "voilà qui est parler"
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
          "word": "עכשיו אתה מדבר לעניין"
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
          "word": "או, ככה מדברים"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
          "word": "ez már beszéd"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geuge jo-eul geot gat-a",
          "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
          "word": "그게 좋을 것 같아"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
          "word": "agora sim"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vot éto razgovór",
          "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
          "word": "вот э́то разгово́р"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "now you're talking"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "hǎo a",
      "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
      "word": "好啊"
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      "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
      "word": "puhut asiaa"
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      "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
      "word": "voilà qui est parler"
    },
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      "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
      "word": "עכשיו אתה מדבר לעניין"
    },
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      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
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    },
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      "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
      "word": "ez már beszéd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geuge jo-eul geot gat-a",
      "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
      "word": "그게 좋을 것 같아"
    },
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      "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
      "word": "agora sim"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vot éto razgovór",
      "sense": "Phrase indicating agreement",
      "word": "вот э́то разгово́р"
    }
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