| 单词 | to talk shop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto talk shop P12. to talk shop: to talk about matters relating to one's own business or profession, esp. when it is not appropriate to do so. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > affair, business, concern > discuss business [verb (intransitive)] to talk shop1833 1833 Age 5 May 143/2 And so are you all honourable asses, to be talking ‘shop’, after this fashion, while the grog and the Venusses are waiting. 1875 S. Ward in The Week 23 Jan. 52/1 Talleyrand says that diplomacy is assisted by good dinners, but at good dinners people do not ‘talk shop’. 1876 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Soc. Aims 88 We never ‘talk shop’ before company. 1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Apr. 924 Nurses are given to talking ‘shop’.., and the gruesomeness of their ‘shop’ makes it and them a terror to their friends. 1998 ‘Bez’ Freaky Dancin' 126 Thereafter we would all rendezvous at Tib Street to talk shop. < as lemmas |
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