Talk Nineteen To The Dozen :



Take Your Eye Off The Ball :

If someone takes their eye off the ball, they don’t concentrate on something important that they should be looking at.



Take Your Hat Off :

If you say that you take your hat off to someone, you are showing your respect or admiration.



Take Your Hat Off To Somebody :

If you take your hat off to someone, you acknowledge that they have done something exceptional or otherwise deserve your respect.



Taken As Read :

If something can be taken as read, it is so definite that it’s not necessary to talk about it.



Tale of The Tape :

This idiom is used when comparing things, especially in sports.

It comes from boxing where the fighters would be measured with a tape measure before a fight.



Talk A Blue Streak :

If someone talks a blue streak, they speak quickly and at length.



Talk A Glass Eye to Sleep :

Someone who could talk a glass eye to sleep is very boring and repetitive.



Talk Is Cheap. :

It’s easy to talk about something but harder to actually do it.



Talk Nineteen To The Dozen :

If someone talks very quickly, they talk nineteen to the dozen.



Talk of The Town :

When everybody is talking about particular people and events, they are the talk of the town.



Talk Out Of The Back Of Your Head :

If someone is talking out of the back of their head, they are talking rubbish.



Talk Out Of Your Hat :

If someone is talking out of their hat, they are talking utter rubbish, especially if compounded with total ignorance of the subject on which they are pontificating.



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