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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Meaning?

Hi,
What is the meaning of "limited chitchat quota" in the following text:
He looked down at his food, his limited chitchat quota exhausted.
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chitchat is trivial conversation about unimportant topics. It's often called 'small talk'. He is only able to make a very small amount of chitchat.

— Clive

  • chitchat is trivial conversation about unimportant topics.
  • It's often called 'small talk'.
  • He is only able to make a very small amount of chitchat.
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chitchat is trivial conversation about unimportant topics. It's often called 'small talk'.

He is only able to make a very small amount of chitchat.
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Thanks for the reply.I know the meaning of chitchat and also the meaning of quota. What I don't know is the meaning of chitchat quota.Does it mean That there is someone who assign quota phrase is an idiom?
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It means that he ran out of trivial things to talk about. He didn't know what more to say.
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It's intended as a mildly humorous suggestion that someone assigns everyone a quota.
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