talk of the town

talk of the town

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Noun

talk of the town (uncountable)

1. A topic or person discussed by many people.

   Turning up drunk at the debutante ball will certainly make you the talk of the town.

Translations

a topic or person discussed by many people

Azerbaijani: hamının danışdığı Catalan: tothom en va ple Chinese: Mandarin: (please verify) 街談巷議／街谈巷议 (zh) (jiētánxiàngyì) Finnish: yleinen puheenaihe German: Stadtgespräch n Russian: при́тча во язы́цех (ru) f (prítča vo jazýcex) Spanish: comidilla (es), estar en boca de todos, vox populi (es)

See also

• toast of the town
• be on everyone's lips