parlarsi addosso
Italian
Etymology
Literally, "to speak (to oneself) on (one's person)."
Verb
parlarsi addosso
- (idiomatic, reflexive) to talk continuously and with excessive self-satisfaction; to like the sound of one's own voice; to talk over
- 2012, John Green, Giorgia Grilli, transl., Colpa delle Stelle [The Fault in our Stars], Mondadori, page 40:
- Oggi ho continuato a dirle 'sempre', 'sempre sempre sempre', e lei mi parlava addosso per non rispondere.
- I kept saying 'always' to her today, 'always always always', and she just kept talking over me and not saying it back.
- (literally, “Today I continued to tell her 'always', 'always always always', and she talked over me in order to not respond.”)