Talking too much
Talking out of turn
Talking without making any sense
Talking rapidly and without stopping.
‘Talking twenty to the dozen’ means ‘to talk (to someone) very rapidly, hurriedly, and/or energetically’. My aunt can get talking twenty to the dozen if you get her on a topic she’s passionate about.
Other idioms:
- a dime a dozen– very common and therefore not valuable
- it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other- (saying) used to say that there is not much real difference between two possible choices
- talk, etc. nineteen to the dozen – to talk, etc. without stopping
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