Definition of talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey
- She rarely spoke, but her brother could talk the hind legs off a donkey.
: to express or exchange ideas by means of spoken words
: to convey information or communicate in any way (as with signs or sounds)
: to use speech : speak
: the act or an instance of talking : speech
: a way of speaking : language
: pointless or fruitless discussion : verbiage
: the female of the red deer — compare hart
: any of various spotted groupers (especially genus Epinephelus)
: a British farm assistant
: rustic
: of or forming the part that follows or is behind : rear
: a limb of an animal used especially for supporting the body and for walking: such as
: one of the paired vertebrate limbs that in bipeds extend from the top of the thigh to the foot
: the part of such a limb between the knee and foot
: to use the legs in walking
: the 19th letter of the English alphabet
: a graphic representation of this letter
: a speech counterpart of orthographic s
sulfur
— compare 1-es
used to form adverbs denoting usual or repeated action or state
— compare 2-es
: from a place or position
: at a distance in space or time
: from a course : aside
used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union
: to seaward of
: from the possession or charge of
: seaward
: right
: more removed or distant
: to go away : depart
: kill, murder
: competition : contest
: the domestic ass (Equus asinus)
: a stupid or obstinate person
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