We were just talking about you
We were just talking about you.
a phrase said when a person being discussed appears on the scene. (Compare this with Speak of the devil.) Tom: Speak of the devil, here comes Bill. Mary: We were just talking about you, Bill. Sally (approaching Tom and Bill): Hi, Tom. Hi, Bill. What's new? Bill: Oh, Sally! We were just talking about you.
See also: just, talk, we
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- on (one's) bill
- fill the bill
- fill the bill, to
- greenback
- foot the bill
- pick up the bill
- can't fight City Hall, one/you/they
- meet one's Waterloo, to
- What's keeping?
- fit the bill