词组 | nineteen to the dozen |
释义 | Idiom nineteen to the dozennineteen/ten to the dozen British & Australian, informal if someone is talking nineteen to the dozen, they are talking very fast, without stopping.Gaby was chatting away nineteen to the dozen behind me and I couldn't concentrate. nineteen to the dozenVery rapidly, hurriedly, and/or energetically. My aunt can get talking nineteen to the dozen if you get her on a topic she's passionate about. Sam came running nineteen to the dozen when he heard his son crying out to him from the back garden. nineteen to the dozenProv. very rapidly or energetically. Whenever I get together with my cousins, we always gossip away nineteen to the dozen. While Alan got the other ingredients, Jane was chopping up potatoes nineteen to the dozen. |
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