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talk the hind leg off a donkey

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables
talk the hind leg of-f a -don-key
IPA
50
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To talk a lot.

British usage; Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

talks the hind leg off a donkey (present, singular) talking the hind leg off a donkey (participle, present) talked the hind leg off a donkey (participle, past) talked the hind leg off a donkey (past) talk the hind legs off a donkey (alternative)

Synonyms

talk the ears off a donkey talk the legs off a pot talk the leg off the Lamb of God talk someone's head off talk someone's arm off talk someone's leg off talk the ears off someone talk someone under the table

Questions

What does talk the hind leg off a donkey mean?
To talk a lot.

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