Caroline Tran
2020-08-12 04:08
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.
Do you see anything wrong?
To be outperformed or outrun by someone, usually by a very wide margin.
You have to be quicker to finish this task or you will eat other my dust.
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