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Yogi2005 Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Looking for an idiom
0 hello, 02 br
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00 I'm looking for an idiom that would mean 02 br
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00 to talk much and to say very little 02 br
00 to talk about something for 15 minutes what can be said in 1 minute 02 br
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00 for example, while at school , You haven't studied at all but you can talk for hours and you make an impression that you know everything 02 br
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00 you have to write an essay, you know nothing about the topic but you can write and write for several pages. 02 br
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00 Politicians are very good at this, they use several sentences what can be summarized in one sentence. 02 br
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00 I'm not sure if I explalained clearly what I mean, I hope so. 02 br
00 I would be grateful if anyone could help me. 02 br
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00 thank you 0-
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00 I'm looking for an idiom that would mean 02 br
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00 to talk much and to say very little 02 br
00 to talk about something for 15 minutes what can be said in 1 minute 02 br
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00 or 02 br
00 for example, while at school , You haven't studied at all but you can talk for hours and you make an impression that you know everything 02 br
00 or 02 br
00 you have to write an essay, you know nothing about the topic but you can write and write for several pages. 02 br
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00 Politicians are very good at this, they use several sentences what can be summarized in one sentence. 02 br
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00 I'm not sure if I explalained clearly what I mean, I hope so. 02 br
00 I would be grateful if anyone could help me. 02 br
02 br
00 thank you 0-
Top answer
0 Hi, 02 br 00 'To go all around the houses' means to talk a lot, but also with the sense that you are avoiding having to give a simple and direct answer. 02 br 02 br 00 When she asked him if he loved her, he went all around the houses. 02 br 02 br 00 This was a BrE idiom many years ago.
- 0 Hi, 02 br 00 'To go all around the houses' means to talk a lot, but also with the sense that you are avoiding having to give a simple and direct answer.
- 02 br 02 br 00 When she asked him if he loved her, he went all around the houses.
- 02 br 02 br 00 This was a BrE idiom many years ago.
- I don't live there now, so I don't know if it's still used.
- 02 br 02 br 00 Ther's also 'to beat about (or around)the bush' which is rather similar, perhaps stressing more the avoidance aspect.
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0 Hi, 02 br
00 'To go all around the houses' means to talk a lot, but also with the sense that you are avoiding having to give a simple and direct answer. 02 br
02 br
00 When she asked him if he loved her, he went all around the houses. 02 br
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00 This was a BrE idiom many years ago. I don't live there now, so I don't know if it's still used. 02
00 'To go all around the houses' means to talk a lot, but also with the sense that you are avoiding having to give a simple and direct answer. 02 br
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00 When she asked him if he loved her, he went all around the houses. 02 br
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00 This was a BrE idiom many years ago. I don't live there now, so I don't know if it's still used. 02
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0 Yes, it's still used Clive, but maybe not so often as formerly 0-
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