| 单词 | to talk that talk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto talk the (also that) talk a. colloquial (originally U.S.). to talk the (also that) talk: to speak convincingly or effectively, or in a manner consistent with the image one projects or the values one advocates, usually with the implication that such speech is mere rhetoric or posturing without substance. Often contrasted with to walk the (also that) walk at walk v. Phrases 13. ΚΠ 1906 Chillicothe (Missouri) Constit. 28 July 6/4 Bill's one o' these fellers who'll talk the talk. 1962 H. Gardner Thousand Clowns iii. 77 I get up, I go, I lie a little, I peddle a little, I watch the rules, I talk the talk. 1973 Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times 3 Jan. 6/4 Let's see some action... Let's stop talking the talk—let's start walking the walk. 1989 J. C. Martin Chalk Talks on Alcohol xvii. 157 It's what they do between meetings that really counts, not what they say around the tables. It's easy to ‘talk the talk’. 1993 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 8 Jan. d1 Talking that talk and walking that walk might be two different things. 2000 S. Afr. Times UK 1 July 11/2 I'm sick and tired of seeing yet another little media performance of ministers talking the talk. to talk that talk b. U.S. slang (in African-American usage). to talk that talk: to speak, esp. creatively or effectively, in a manner associated with or considered distinctive of African Americans, such as joning, jiving, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > speak in other specific ways rumble1755 yearn1820 talk1969 1969 J. A. Walker Harangue (O.E.D. archive) 40 You don't even know how to talk that talk. You're so goddam un-Negro you make me sick. 1988 Black Amer. Lit. Forum 22 267 This is all jive in its purest form... ‘If You Behave’ is another example of Dumas's poetically talking that ‘talk’ we love to hear. 1993 H. L. Gates in Intimate Critique 144 The first chapter..contains an extended recreation of the African-American ritual of signifying, which is also known as ‘talking that talk’, ‘the dozens’, ‘nasty talk’, and so on. 2001 A. Y. Davis Imagining Medea i. 39 And I could talk that talk. I could throw in that vernacular. It's a whole way of talking. < as lemmas |
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