- run off at the mouth
- American, informal
to talk a lot without saying anything important.
He's just another one of these politicians who run off at the mouth.
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run off at the mouth
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run off at the mouth — {v. phr.} To talk too much; be unable to stop talking. * / Shut up, John, our father cried. You are always running off at the mouth. / … Dictionary of American idioms
run off at the mouth — {v. phr.} To talk too much; be unable to stop talking. * / Shut up, John, our father cried. You are always running off at the mouth. / … Dictionary of American idioms
run off at the mouth — talk a lot, talk when you should be quiet Why do you run off at the mouth and disturb this class? … English idioms
run off at the mouth — informal talk excessively or indiscreetly * * * run off at the ˈ mouth idiom (NAmE, informal) to talk too much, in a way that is not sensible Main entry: ↑mouthidiom … Useful english dictionary
run off at the mouth N. Amer. — run off at the mouth N. Amer. informal talk excessively or indiscreetly. → run … English new terms dictionary
run off at the mouth — in. to talk too much; to have diarrhea of the mouth. □ I wish you would stop running off at the mouth. □ Tom runs off at the mouth too much. I wish he would temper his remarks … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
run off at the mouth — vp To talk too much. He is always running off at the mouth. 1950s … Historical dictionary of American slang
run\ off\ at\ the\ mouth — v. phr. To talk too much; be unable to stop talking. Shut up, John, our father cried. You are always running off at the mouth … Словарь американских идиом
To run off at the mouth — Mouth Mouth (mouth), n.; pl. {Mouths} (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth, mu[thorn], AS. m[=u][eth]; akin to D. mond, OS. m[=u][eth], G. mund, Icel. mu[eth]r, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth. mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil mouth,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
run off at the mouth — verb To talk incessantly (about something) … Wiktionary
