talk shop

See also: talkshop

English

Etymology

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Verb

talk shop (third-person singular simple present talks shop, present participle talking shop, simple past and past participle talked shop)

(intransitive, informal) To discuss one's work, business or profession.

Usage notes

This is an idiomatic instance of a general construction consisting of talk with the topic area as object of the verb. One can talk baseball, talk philosophy, or talk trash.

Translations

discuss one's work

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 三句不離本行／三句不离本行 (sān jù bù lí běn háng)
Czech: bavit se o práci
Dutch: over haar werk blijven praten
Finnish: puhua työstään
French: parler boutique (fr)
German: über die Arbeit reden, fachsimpeln (de)
Hungarian: szakmázik, szakmai dolgokról beszélget, munkahelyi ügyekről beszélget
Italian: parlare di lavoro
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Polish: rozmawiać o pracy
Portuguese: falar de negócios/negócio
Russian: говори́ть о рабо́те impf (govorítʹ o rabóte)
Serbo-Croatian: razgovarati o poslu
Spanish: hablar de negocios
Swedish: prata jobb
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Noun

talk shop (plural talk shops)

A talking shop

Anagrams

shop talk, shoptalk