talk the hind leg off a donkey

== English == === Alternative forms === talk the hind legs off a donkey === Verb === talk the hind leg off a donkey (third-person singular simple present talks the hind leg off a donkey, present participle talking the hind leg off a donkey, simple past and past participle talked the hind leg off a donkey) (UK, informal, idiomatic) To talk a lot. Synonyms: talk the ears off a donkey, talk the legs off a pot, talk the leg off the Lamb of God Near-synonyms: talk someone's head off, talk someone's arm off, talk someone's leg off, talk the ears off someone, talk someone under the table ==== Usage notes ==== Usually used in the conditional: he could talk the hind leg off a donkey. === References === “talk the hind leg s off a donkey”, in Collins English Dictionary. “talk the hind leg s off a donkey”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.