talk someone's arm off
Synonym of talk someone's ear offSynonym of talk someone's ear off.
» Tom will talk your ear off if you let him.
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1 senses(US, figuratively, informal)Synonym of talk someone's ear off.
Examples
20 sentencesTom will talk your ear off if you let him.
Tom talked my ears off.
ruТом мне все уши прожужжал. — marafon
deTom hat mich vollgelabert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom talked my ear off.
deTom hat mich vollgelabert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
His talk is off the point.
Tom could talk the leg off an iron pot.
ruТом кого угодно до смерти заговорит. — marafon
deTom konnte einem ein Loch in den Bauch reden. — brauchinet
Forms
talks someone's arm off, talking someone's arm off, talked someone's arm off, talked someone's arm off| Base form | talk someone's arm off · to talk someone's arm off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | talks someone's arm off |
| Present participle | talking someone's arm off |
| Past simple | talked someone's arm off |
| Past participle | talked someone's arm off |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | talk someone's arm off |
| he, she, it | talks someone's arm off |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | talked someone's arm off |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have talked someone's arm off |
| he, she, it | has talked someone's arm off |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will talk someone's arm off |
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.