Siarad fel pwll y môr
Meaning: To talk endlessly without pause.
Language: Welsh
Literally: To talk like the sea's pool
Category: Nature
Origin: Speech as ceaseless and churning as the restless sea pictures a relentless, unstoppable chatterer.
Equivalents in other languages
- Spanish: Hablar por los codos — literally: To talk through the elbows
More idioms — Nature
- Is glas iad na cnoic i bhfad uainn — The grass is always greener elsewhere.
- Caught between a rock and a hard place — Stuck between two equally bad options.
- Estar en Babia — To be daydreaming and miles away.
- 雪上加霜 (Xuě shàng jiā shuāng) — To make a bad situation even worse.
- आसमान सिर पर उठाना (aasmaan sir par uthaana) — To raise a huge uproar.
- Pixar fora de test — To go off topic or be plainly mistaken.
More Welsh idioms
- Tynnu blewyn o drwyn — To provoke or tease someone.
- Codi pais ar ôl piso — Fretting over what's already done.
- Rhedeg fel cath i gythraul — To run frantically fast.
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