idiomatic expression:hablar por los codos - English Spanish Translator Org: Translation Forum � Translators Forums

lxus · 09-19-2007, 04:04 AM

i know that the british translation of hablar por los codos is
"to talk for England"
and
"talk the pants off somebody or something".
Does anyone know the american equivalent? (other than "talk your ear off").
i�m pretty sure that there�s more but i can�t remember.

thanks

Hebe · 09-19-2007, 06:43 AM

I�ve heard the expression "they talk through their ears"

Hope it helps

CallmeSergio · 10-21-2007, 04:09 PM

no estoy seguro, pero, podria ser "taled my head off" o "talked his ass off"

no se, porque nunca he oido "hablar por los codos"

Thomas · 10-21-2007, 11:22 PM

to talk someone's leg off
to talk a blue streak
to talk to hear one's own voice
to have diarrhea of the mouth

mrdobolino · 10-26-2007, 12:26 PM

In America you sometimes hear "He could talk the hind legs off a horse", or "has verbal diarrhea" although that one is perhaps juvenile and certainly crude. Commonplace is "he never shuts up", and you can also express the same thing by saying that when he talks one can't get a word in edgewise.

When the big talker is persuasive you say he could sell refrigerators to Eskimos.

09-19-2007, 04:04 AM	#1
lxus New Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	idiomatic expression:hablar por los codos i know that the british translation of hablar por los codos is "to talk for England" and "talk the pants off somebody or something". Does anyone know the american equivalent? (other than "talk your ear off"). i�m pretty sure that there�s more but i can�t remember. thanks Last edited by lxus : 09-19-2007 at 04:22 AM.

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Hebe Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Caracas- Venezuela Posts: 816 Rep Power: 1440	I�ve heard the expression "they talk through their ears" Hope it helps __________________ Hebe ♥ ♫ "*To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning". Henry David Thrreau"*

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10-21-2007, 04:09 PM	#3
CallmeSergio New Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO, EEUU Age: 18 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 13	no estoy seguro, pero, podria ser "taled my head off" o "talked his ass off" no se, porque nunca he oido "hablar por los codos"

10-21-2007, 11:22 PM	#4
Thomas Forum User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica Age: 65 Posts: 95 Rep Power: 252	to talk someone's leg off to talk a blue streak to talk to hear one's own voice to have diarrhea of the mouth

10-26-2007, 12:26 PM	#5
mrdobolino New Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 6 Rep Power: 13	In America you sometimes hear "He could talk the hind legs off a horse", or "has verbal diarrhea" although that one is perhaps juvenile and certainly crude. Commonplace is "he never shuts up", and you can also express the same thing by saying that when he talks one can't get a word in edgewise. When the big talker is persuasive you say he could sell refrigerators to Eskimos.

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