"shoot the breeze" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [英语]

Audio: En-au-shoot the breeze.ogg Forms: shoots the breeze, shooting the breeze, shot the breeze
  1. 闲聊 Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: zh-shoot_the_breeze-en-verb-FbYFZqwC Categories (other): 美國英語, 英語俗語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (闲聊): bat the breeze, chew the fat, shoot the shit, shoot the bull
Categories (other): 英語動詞, 英語詞元, 英語謂語

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          "text": "We were just standing around shooting the breeze.",
          "translation": "我们只是站着闲聊而已。"
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          "ref": "1989, Lethal Weapon 2 (motion picture), 角色 Martin Riggs(Mel Gibson):",
          "text": "Oh, I've just been upstairs with your boss, shooting the breeze… shooting his fish."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, The Ninth Gate (motion picture), 角色 Dean Corso(Johnny Depp):",
          "text": "Listen, I came here to do some business, not shoot the breeze. If you want to expound your personal philosophies, write another book."
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      "word": "chew the fat"
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      "word": "shoot the shit"
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      "sense": "闲聊",
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          "text": "Oh, I've just been upstairs with your boss, shooting the breeze… shooting his fish."
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          "ref": "1999, The Ninth Gate (motion picture), 角色 Dean Corso(Johnny Depp):",
          "text": "Listen, I came here to do some business, not shoot the breeze. If you want to expound your personal philosophies, write another book."
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