talk the hind leg off a donkey
English
Alternative forms
- talk the hind legs off a donkey
Verb
talk the hind leg off a donkey
- (Britain, informal) To talk a lot.
Usage notes
Usually used in the conditional: "he could talk the hind leg off a donkey".
Synonyms
- talk the legs off a pot
See also
- talk someone's ear off
- talk someone's arm off
References
- “talk the hind leg s off a donkey” in the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.
- “talk the hind leg s off a donkey” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.