shoot the bull

To chat or converse aimlessly or casually. Customers always want to shoot the bull with me in the store before they buy something. I just shot the bull with John for a while when he passed me on the street.

shoot the bull

and shoot the crap; shoot the shit

Inf. to chat and gossip. (The same as throw the bull. Use caution with crap, shit.) Let's get together sometime and shoot the bull. You spend too much time shooting the crap.

shoot the bull

and shoot the crap and shoot the shit

tv. to chat and gossip. (The same as throw the bull.) Let’s get together sometime and shoot the bull. I don’t have time to stand around shooting the crap with these jerks.

shoot the bull, to

To express one’s opinions on a variety of matters, whether or not one knows a great deal about them. Bull here appears to be a shortening of bullshit, which has meant nonsense, lies, or exaggeration since the early 1900s. A gathering for shooting the bull is called a bull session and traditionally consists entirely of males. Yet another euphemism for shooting the bull is shooting the breeze, which calls up the image of the hot air expended in this kind of a gossip session. To shoot one’s mouth off, on the other hand, means both to talk indiscreetly or tactlessly and to exaggerate.

词组	shoot the bull
释义	shoot the bull shoot the bull To chat or converse aimlessly or casually. Customers always want to shoot the bull with me in the store before they buy something. I just shot the bull with John for a while when he passed me on the street. See also: bull, shoot Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. shoot the bull and shoot the crap; shoot the shit Inf. to chat and gossip. (The same as throw the bull. Use caution with crap, shit.) Let's get together sometime and shoot the bull. You spend too much time shooting the crap. See also: bull, shoot McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. shoot the bull and shoot the crap and shoot the shit tv. to chat and gossip. (The same as throw the bull.) Let’s get together sometime and shoot the bull. I don’t have time to stand around shooting the crap with these jerks. See also: bull, shoot McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions shoot the bull, to To express one’s opinions on a variety of matters, whether or not one knows a great deal about them. Bull here appears to be a shortening of bullshit, which has meant nonsense, lies, or exaggeration since the early 1900s. A gathering for shooting the bull is called a bull session and traditionally consists entirely of males. Yet another euphemism for shooting the bull is shooting the breeze, which calls up the image of the hot air expended in this kind of a gossip session. To shoot one’s mouth off, on the other hand, means both to talk indiscreetly or tactlessly and to exaggerate. See also: shoot The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: shoot the bull, to fan the breeze bat the breeze breeze pizzle pizzle a wild card word for words beginning with cut the bull pucky bull pucky bull-pucky References in periodicals archive Once I'd decided to shoot the bull, I didn't pay any attention to his antlers. A bull called droopy: to take a bigger bull, this diehard do-it-your--selfer goes private One is to shoot the bull slightly, and I mean slightly, quartering away, right in the crease. Barefootin for buffalo: a trip to the Australian outback brings danger, excitement, and a serious case of goose bumps The fact that you can't shoot the bulls or bucks is somewhat immaterial." Ranching for Wildlife
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