Словарь американских идиом (8000 единиц)
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[tale] See: TELL TALES OUT OF SCHOOL.
[talent scout] <n. phr.> A person employed by a large organization to seek out promising and gifted individuals. * /Gordon has been working as a talent scout for a television program./ Compare: HEAD HUNTING(2).
[talent show] <n.> An entertainment in which new entertainers try to win a prize. * /Mary won the talent show by her dancing./ * /The people liked Bill's singing in the talent show./
[talk] See: DOUBLE-TALK, PEP TALK, SALES TALK, SWEET TALK.
[talk a blue streak] <v. phr.>, <informal> To talk on and on, usually very fast. * /Sue is a nice girl but after one drink she talks a blue streak and won't stop./
[talk back] also [answer back] <v.> <informal> To answer rudely; reply in a disrespectful way; be fresh. * /When the teacher told the boy to sit down, he talked back to her and said she couldn't make him./ * /Mary talked back when her mother told her to stop watching television; she said, "I don't have to if I don't want to."/ * /Russell was going somewhere with some bad boys, when his father told him it was wrong, Russell answered him back, "Mind your own business."/
[talk big] <v.>, <informal> To talk boastfully; brag. * /He talks big about his pitching, but he hasn't won a game./
[talk down] <v.> 1. To make (someone) silent by talking louder or longer. * /Sue tried to give her ideas, but the other girls talked her down./ Compare: SHOUT DOWN(2). To use words or ideas that are too easy. * /The speaker talked down to the students, and they were bored./
[talking book] <n.> A book recorded by voice on phonograph records for blind people. * /Billy, who was blind, learned history from a talking book./
[talking point] <n.> Something good about a person or thing that can be talked about in selling it. * /The streamlined shape of the car was one of its talking points./ * /John tried to get Mary to date Bill. One of his talking points was that Bill was captain of the football team./
[talk in circles] <v. phr.> To waste time by saying words that don't mean very much. * /After three hours at the negotiating table, the parties decided to call it quits because they realized that they had been talking in circles./
[talk into] <v.> 1. To get (someone) to agree to; make (someone) decide on (doing something) by talking; persuade to.
– Used with a verbal noun. * /Bob talked us into walking home with him./ Compare: TALK OVER(2). Contrast TALK OUT OF. 2. To cause to be in or to get into by talking. * /You talked us into this mess. Now get us out!/ * /Mr. Jones lost the customer in his store by arguing with him./ * /"You'll talk us into the poor house yet!" said Mrs. Jones./ Contrast: TALK OUT OF.
[talk of the town] <n. phr.> Something that has become so popular or prominent that everyone is discussing it. * /Even after three decades, Picasso's famous metal statue is still the talk of the town in Chicago./
[talk out] <v.> To talk all about and leave nothing out; discuss until everything is agreed on; settle. * /After their quarrel, Jill and John talked things out and reached full agreement./
[talk out of] <v.> 1. To persuade not to; make agree or decide not to.
– Used with a verbal noun. * /Mary's mother talked her out of quitting school./ Contrast: TALK INTO. 2. To allow to go or get out by talking; let escape by talking. * /Johnny is good at talking his way out of trouble./ Contrast: TALK INTO.
[talk out of turn] See: SPEAK OUT OF TURN.
[talk over] <v.> 1. To talk together about; try to agree about or decide by talking; discuss. * /Tom talked his plan over with his father before he bought the car./ * /The boys settled their argument by talking it over./ 2. To persuade; make agree or willing; talk and change the mind of. * /Fred is trying to talk Bill over to our side./ Compare: TALK INTO.
[talk rot] <v. phr.> To say silly things; talk nonsense. * /He's talking rot when he says that our company is almost bankrupt./
[talk shop] <v. phr.>, <informal> To talk about things in your work or trade. * /Two chemists were talking shop, and I hardly understood a word they said./
[talk through one's hat] <v. phr.>, <informal> To say something without knowing or understanding the facts; talk foolishly or ignorantly. * /John said that the earth is nearer the sun in summer, but the teacher said he was talking through his hat./
[talk turkey] <v. phr.>, <informal> To talk about something in a really businesslike way; talk with the aim of getting things done. * /Charles said, "Now, let's talk turkey about the bus trip. The fact is, it will cost each student $1.50."/ * /The father always spoke gently to his son, but when the son broke the windshield of the car, the father talked turkey to him./
[talk up] <v.> 1. To speak in favor or support of. * /Let's talk up the game and get a big crowd./ 2. To speak plainly or clearly. * /The teacher asked the student to talk up./ Syn.: SPEAK UP. 3. <informal> To say what you want or think; say what someone may not like. * /Talk up if you want more pie./ * /George isn't afraid to talk up when he disagrees with the teacher./ Syn.: SPEAK UP. Compare: SPEAK OUT.
[tall order] See: LARGE ORDER.
[tall story] or [tale] <n. phr.> See: FISH STORY.
[tamper with] <v.> 1. To meddle with (something); handle ignorantly or foolishly. * /He tampered with the insides of his watch and ruined it./ 2. To secretly get someone to do or say wrong things, especially by giving him money, or by threatening to hurt him. * /A friend of the man being tried in court tampered with a witness./
[tank] See: THINK TANK.
[tan one's hide] <v. phr.>, <informal> To give a beating to; spank hard. * /Bob's father tanned his hide for staying out too late./