talk the ears off a donkey
talk the ears off a donkey · talks the ears off a donkey · talked the ears off a donkey · talking the ears off a donkey
Synonym of talk the hind leg off a donkeySynonym of talk the hind leg off a donkey.
» Tom could talk the hind leg off a donkey.
Tom redet wie ein Wasserfall. — Adelpa
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1 senses(Ireland, UK, informal)Synonym of talk the hind leg off a donkey.
Examples
1 sentencesTom could talk the hind leg off a donkey.
deTom redet wie ein Wasserfall. — Adelpa
Forms
talks the ears off a donkey, talking the ears off a donkey, talked the ears off a donkey, talked the ears off a donkey| Base form | talk the ears off a donkey · to talk the ears off a donkey |
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| 3rd person singular | talks the ears off a donkey |
| Present participle | talking the ears off a donkey |
| Past simple | talked the ears off a donkey |
| Past participle | talked the ears off a donkey |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | talk the ears off a donkey |
| he, she, it | talks the ears off a donkey |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | talked the ears off a donkey |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have talked the ears off a donkey |
| he, she, it | has talked the ears off a donkey |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will talk the ears off a donkey |
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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.