ten to the dozen

ten to the dozen
nineteen/ten to the dozen British & Australian, informal if someone is talking nineteen to the dozen, they are talking very fast, without stopping.

Gaby was chatting away nineteen to the dozen behind me and I couldn't concentrate.


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • nineteen to the dozen — nineteen/ten to the dozen British & Australian, informal if someone is talking nineteen to the dozen, they are talking very fast, without stopping. Gaby was chatting away nineteen to the dozen behind me and I couldn t concentrate …   New idioms dictionary

  • The Miracles discography — The Miracles discography Releases ↙Studio albums 25 ↙Live albums 3 …   Wikipedia

  • The Benedictine Order —     The Benedictine Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Benedictine Order     The Benedictine Order comprises monks living under the Rule of St. Benedict, and commonly known as black monks . The order will be considered in this article under… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran —   …   Wikipedia

  • The Master and Margarita —   …   Wikipedia

  • The Last Grain Race — is a 1956 book by Eric Newby, a travel writer, about his time spent on the Moshulu s last voyage in the Australian grain trade. Background to the book In 1938 Eric Newby, at the age of eighteen, signed on as an apprentice of the four masted… …   Wikipedia

  • The Mote in God's Eye —   …   Wikipedia

  • The City Wit — The City Wit, or the Woman Wears the Breeches is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by Richard Brome that is sometimes classed among his best works. [Ousby, p. 117.] It was first published when it was included in the Five New Plays of… …   Wikipedia

  • Dozen — Doz redirects here. For the Afro Asiatic language, see DOZ. Dozens redirects here. For other uses, see Dozens (disambiguation). Group of twelve redirects here. For other uses, see Group of Twelve (disambiguation). A dozen (common abbreviated doz… …   Wikipedia

  • The Dirty Dozen — Infobox Film name = The Dirty Dozen image size = 225px caption = original poster by Frank McCarthy (artist) director = Robert Aldrich producer = Kenneth Hyman writer = Novel: E.M. Nathanson Screenplay: Nunnally Johnson Lukas Heller starring = Lee …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”