nineteen to the dozen

nineteen to the dozen
nineteen to the dozen
Prov. 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.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • nineteen to the dozen — nineteen/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 …   New idioms dictionary

  • nineteen to the dozen — (of speaking, done) in great quantity, not necessarily with equal quality • • • Main Entry: ↑nineteen …   Useful english dictionary

  • talk nineteen to the dozen — talk/chatter/nineteen to the dozen british informal phrase to talk very quickly without stopping Thesaurus: to talk continuously and too muchsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • talk nineteen to the dozen —    If someone talks very quickly, they talk nineteen to the dozen.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If someone talks nineteen to the dozen, they speak very quickly.     He was talking nineteen to the dozen so I didn t catch the whole story …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • talk nineteen to the dozen — Brit. talk incessantly. → dozen talk nineteen to the dozen see dozen. → talk …   English new terms dictionary

  • talk nineteen to the dozen — If someone talks very quickly, they talk nineteen to the dozen …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • talk nineteen to the dozen — ► talk nineteen to the dozen Brit. talk quickly and incessantly. Main Entry: ↑dozen …   English terms dictionary

  • chatter nineteen to the dozen — talk/chatter/nineteen to the dozen british informal phrase to talk very quickly without stopping Thesaurus: to talk continuously and too muchsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • ten to the dozen — nineteen/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 …   New idioms dictionary

  • talked nineteen to the dozen — talked ceaselessly, talked in a flowing manner …   English contemporary dictionary

  • talk nineteen to the dozen —  Chatter incessantly. Talk rapidly …   A concise dictionary of English slang

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