talk the legs off a pot

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talk the legs off a pot (third-person singular simple present talks the legs off a pot, present participle talking the legs off a pot, simple past and past participle talked the legs off a pot)

  1. (Ireland, humorous) To talk a lot.
    I thought John would never shut up. He could talk the legs off a pot.