flap (one's) gums

To chatter or blather. Quit flapping your gums—I need some quiet so I can think! Whenever Charlie starts to flap his gums, I can't get in a word!

flap one's gums

and flap one's jaws

Rur. to talk aimlessly. They're still out on the porch, flapping their gums. Well, I can't sit here flapping my jaws all day. Gotta get back to work.

flap your gums

AMERICAN, INFORMAL

If someone flaps their gums, they talk a lot without saying anything important. Who wants to hear you flapping your gums first thing in the morning?

词组	flap (one's) gums
释义	flap (one's) gums flap (one's) gums To chatter or blather. Quit flapping your gums—I need some quiet so I can think! Whenever Charlie starts to flap his gums, I can't get in a word! See also: flap, gum Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. flap one's gums and flap one's jaws Rur. to talk aimlessly. They're still out on the porch, flapping their gums. Well, I can't sit here flapping my jaws all day. Gotta get back to work. See also: flap, gum McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. flap your gums AMERICAN, INFORMAL If someone flaps their gums, they talk a lot without saying anything important. Who wants to hear you flapping your gums first thing in the morning? See also: flap, gum Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: flap gums flap your gums flap (one's) chops flap (one's) jaws bump (one's) gums beat (one's) gums beat gums beat one’s gums gum shrink from (someone or something)
随便看	lay emphasis on (something) lay eyes on lay eyes on, to lay for lay for (someone or something) lay hands on lay hold of lay hold of (someone or something) lay in lay into lay into (someone or something) lay it on the line lay it on the line, to lay it on thick lay it on thick, to lay it on thick/with a trowel lay it on with a trowel lay/lie of the land, the lay low lay low and sing small lay odds lay off lay off someone/something lay off the bottle lay of the land