"talk someone's ear off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-talk someone's ear off.ogg Forms: talks someone's ear off [present, singular, third-person], talking someone's ear off [participle, present], talked someone's ear off [participle, past], talked someone's ear off [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. (slang) To talk to someone excessively, or far more than is wanted or appreciated. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Talking 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 Related terms: talk someone into something, talk someone out of something, work one's arse off, work one's butt off, work one's tail off Translations (talk to someone excessively): 對某人喋喋不休 /对某人喋喋不休 (duì mǒurén diédiébùxiū) (Chinese Mandarin), puhua loputtomasti (Finnish), rebattre les oreilles (French), snakke hull i hodet på noen (Norwegian Bokmål), прожужжать уши (prožužžatʹ uši) [idiomatic, perfective] (Russian), enrollarse como las persianas (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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