blue streak
blue streak · blue streaks
A great deal of fast talking, cursing, lying, or similarA great deal of fast talking, cursing, lying, or similar.
» When my father heard my wife was pregnant, he couldn't have talked a bluer streak.
Meaning
2 senses(informal)A great deal of fast talking, cursing, lying, or similar.
to talk a blue streak
A trace left by something that is too quick to see.
Examples
2 sentencesWhen my father heard my wife was pregnant, he couldn't have talked a bluer streak.
John can really talk a blue streak about Peru.
Origin
From the afterimage of a stroke of lightning, which looks like a blue streak across the skFrom the afterimage of a stroke of lightning, which looks like a blue streak across the sky.
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Forms
plural: blue streaks| Singular | blue streak |
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