talk a blue streak
Ramble without stopping
To talk a blue streak is to talk rapidly and at length, often without pause: Once she gets going about her garden, she talks a blue streak.
The phrase suggests an unstoppable flow of words, like a streak of lightning across the sky.
Someone who talks a blue streak may be enthusiastic, nervous, or simply verbose.
- gabLight, meaningless talk
- chew the fatConverse leisurely and casually
- prattleTrivial, prolonged speech
- run onContinue past proper end
- chatterLight, rapid speech
go on and on · yammer · babble · run one's mouth · gush · conversation · shoot the breeze · garrulous · motormouthed · mile a minute · verbose · windbag · monologue · effusive · nonstop · torrent · wordy · jabber
talk a blue streaksilent
Producing no sound
mute · clam up · quiet · speechless · keep mum
talk a blue streaksay nothing
Refrain from speaking
hold one's tongue · be silent · keep mum · be quiet · shut up
talk a blue streakget to the point
Speak directly now
cut to the chase · laconic · curt · pithy · succinct
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