magpie

magpie

slang Someone who talks incessantly, vapidly, and irritatingly. Of course it's just my luck to be stuck sitting next to some chirpy magpie for the whole wedding dinner. I was trying to sleep on the bus ride to work, but these magpies in the back wouldn't shut up!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

magpie

n. a person who chatters; a person who annoys others by chattering. Why do those horrendous magpies all go to the same movies I go to?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • yap about
  • yap about (someone or something)
  • rag about (someone or something)
  • as chance/luck would have it
  • as luck would have it
  • with any luck
  • good luck with (something)
  • as luck may have it
  • luck of the devil
  • the luck of the devil
References in periodicals archive
One was a pigeon, the other a magpie. The pigeon grieved for Jesus, but the magpie seemed indifferent.
Mr McKail said: "I am delighted to be here to represent Aberdeenshire Council and celebrate the work of Magpie over the past 20 years.
The Blue Magpie was designed in cooperation with several U.S.
Assailed from all sides, Magpie has deadened herself against pain.
Now the magpie population on Jeju has exploded and they are no longer looked on as welcomed guests but as mainland pests.
Like its BBC rival, which had launched 10 years earlier, Magpie also ran charity appeals but asked young viewers to send in cash for their annual fundraising campaigns instead of milk bottle tops or stamps.
Sky Chasers is divided into sections, each named after the Magpie rhyme: one for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl etc.
The rare Javan green magpie and other birds are popular as status-symbol pets in the magpie's native Indonesian island of Java and elsewhere in Asia.
This superb picture of a magpie in flight was taken by Dave Pearce.
Geneticists now report there are potentially seven species of Magpie, with "ours" found only in Europe and Russia.
The Javan green magpie is perilously close to extinction in the wild and, with no recent sightings reported, the situation is only worsening.
New York, NY, September 10, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Magpie announces the launch of its unique range of personal accessories catering to those seeking unique and distinctive leather and canvas products.
Members of Coventry Police's Magpie Team are trying to track down the owner of a modern Penny Farthing that turned up at an address in the city - and have taken to Twitter to try and find out.
Written by a writer/musician with experience working with different aged people on the spectrum of autism, "Jasper and the Magpie: Enjoying Special Interests Together" is a unique children's book that explores different ideas of what is considered normal as well as the value of learning to accept and celebrate people's differences.