"talk the legs off a pot" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: talks the legs off a pot [present, singular, third-person], talking the legs off a pot [participle, present], talked the legs off a pot [participle, past], talked the legs off a pot [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=talk the legs off a pot}} talk the legs off a pot (third-person singular simple present talks the legs off a pot, present participle talking the legs off a pot, simple past and past participle talked the legs off a pot)
  1. (Ireland, humorous) To talk a lot. Tags: Ireland, humorous
    Sense id: en-talk_the_legs_off_a_pot-en-verb-e42dPgk0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Irish English

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