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TALK A BLUE STREAK

to talk fast and at length
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1. No one liked sitting at the lunch table with Phil because he had only one topic of conversation: his sports car. When it came to his car, Phil could talk a blue streak.
2. You can hardly get a word into a conversation with Wendy, the way she talks a blue streak.

Synonym: talk (someone’s) ear off; gift of gab.


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