beat gums
beat (one's) gums
To talk repeatedly and/or lengthily but without impact. I constantly beat my gums about dirty dishes in the sink, and the kids still never clean up after themselves!
See also: beat, gum
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
beat one's gums
to waste time talking a great deal without results. (As if one were toothless.) I'm tired of beating my gums about this over and over. You're just beating your gums. No one is listening.
See also: beat, gum
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- beat (one's) gums
- beat one’s gums
- gum
- a bone of contention
- bone of contention
- contention
- all y'all's
- flap (one's) gums
- flap gums
- flap your gums