Talk the Bark Off a Tree spoken language phrase verb
Peter was so exited about the new project that he talked the bark off a tree.
People say you can talk the bark off a tree, which surprises me because I think you're very quiet.
Something that is difficult to understand or boring to pay attention to
1. Used to indicate a light gray-brown color.
2. Boring, dull.
Talk so much that the listener becomes exhausted or bored
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This idiom was used in the late 1800’s but might existed before that. However, this is rarely heard today.
To be very wet
Because of forgetting bringing an umbrella, I look like a drowned rat when it rains.