Hablar por los codos

Meaning: To talk nonstop.

Language: Spanish

Literally: To talk through the elbows

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: Spanish Golden Age writers noted that chatterboxes nudge listeners with their elbows so no one can escape the conversation.

More idioms — Body & Senses

• Costar un ojo de la cara — To be outrageously expensive.
• Quedarse de piedra — To be stunned speechless.
• 발이 넓다 — To be extremely well-connected.
• Å ha bein i nesa — To be assertive and able to stand your ground.
• Å snakke rett fra leveren — To speak frankly, without softening anything.
• At slå koldt vand i blodet — To calm down and keep a cool head.

More Spanish idioms

• No hay tu tía — There's no way around it; nothing can be done.
• Estar de Rodríguez — To be a husband left working in town while the family is on holiday.
• Ser uña y carne — To be inseparable; the closest of friends.
• Dar gato por liebre — To swindle by passing off something inferior as the real thing.
• Importar un pepino — To not care in the slightest.
• Ponerse las pilas — To get your act together and start working hard.

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