“Talk someone's ear off”in other languages
Talk endlessly.
English
Spanish
Welsh
EnglishSpanishWelshSame idea, different pictures
English talks until the listener's ear falls off. Spanish talks through its elbows, hablar por los codos, perhaps from talkers who nudge you with an elbow to keep you listening.
Welsh talks like a whirlpool in the sea, siarad fel pwll y môr: churning, and never still.
More sayings in other languages
- Talk through one's hat
- Like talking to a brick wall
- That ship has sailed
- The bee's knees
- The die is cast
- The game is not worth the candle
- The gift of gab
- The heart of the matter
- The icing on the cake