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to talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey

b. Colloquial phrases: (a penny, etc., more and) up goes the donkey, used with allusion to the cry of a travelling showman (see quot. 1889); to talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey (see talk v.).

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1841 Punch 1 41/2 The report of Sir John Pullon, ‘as to the possibility of elevating an ass to the head of the poll by bribery and corruption’ is perfectly correct, provided there is no abatement in the price. Let him canvass again, and..if he will only stand ‘one penny more, up goes the donkey!’

1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (1897) 304/2 ‘Three more and up goes the donkey’, that is, three pennies more and the donkey will go up the ladder. This phrase, used by mountebanks to denote that the performance will begin when the sum required is complete, is often said mockingly to a braggart to imply disbelief.

1913 M. Beerbohm Let. 11 Mar. (1964) 222 They earnestly hope to raise the sum of £500; after which ‘up goes the donkey’, I suppose.

1970 Brewer's Dict. Phrase & Fable 336/2 Two more and up goes the donkey, an old cry at fairs, the showman having promised his credulous hearers that as soon as enough pennies are collected his donkey will balance himself on the top of a pole or ladder.

extracted from donkeyn.

to talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey

c. to get on one's hind legs: see leg n. Phrases 1b(a)(ii). to talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey, etc.: see talk v.

extracted from hindadj.n.³

to talk the hind leg off a donkey (horse, etc.)

10. Colloquial phrases. to talk the hind leg off a donkey (horse, etc.), applied to one who: (a) talks with unflagging and wearying persistence, or: (b) is said to have the power to persuade another by eloquent or charming speech; (also) to talk the bark off a tree (U.S.); to talk (someone's) ear off: to talk incessantly or until one is tired of listening (U.S.).

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1808 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. XIII. ii. 47 The old vulgar hyperbole of ‘talking a horse's hind leg off’..will find its verification in the American Congress.

1838 ‘L. Redivivus’ Paradise Lost 84 By George, you'd talk a dog's hind leg off.

1861 Temple Bar 1 414 One has heard of persons who could ‘talk a donkey's hind leg off’.

1879 A. Trollope John Caldigate III. ix. 122 She'd talk the hind-legs off a dog, as we used to say out there [i.e. in Australia].

1891 Outing (U.S. ed.) Nov. 137/1 The sort of cover that tempts one to halt and ‘talk the bark off a tree’.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lxxxviii. 459 ‘Doesn't she look like Rubens' second wife?’ cried Athelny. ‘Wouldn't she look splendid in a seventeenth-century costume? That's the sort of wife to marry, my boy. Look at her.’ ‘I believe you'd talk the hind leg off a donkey, Athelny,’ she answered calmly.

1935 G. Lorimer & S. Lorimer Heart Specialist i. 9 An American will talk your ear off about his sport with a little encouragement.

1942 G. H. D. Cole & M. Cole Toper's End iv. ix. 138 You can talk the 'ind leg off any donkey.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 10 Apr. 9/5 Heck! I could talk your ear off. But let me just say that in all my 40 years of organizing and escorting tours, I haven't found a better one than this one.

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单词	to talk the hind leg off a donkey
释义	> as lemmas to talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey b. Colloquial phrases: (a penny, etc., more and) up goes the donkey, used with allusion to the cry of a travelling showman (see quot. 1889); to talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey (see talk v.). ΚΠ 1841 Punch 1 41/2 The report of Sir John Pullon, ‘as to the possibility of elevating an ass to the head of the poll by bribery and corruption’ is perfectly correct, provided there is no abatement in the price. Let him canvass again, and..if he will only stand ‘one penny more, up goes the donkey!’ 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (1897) 304/2 ‘Three more and up goes the donkey’, that is, three pennies more and the donkey will go up the ladder. This phrase, used by mountebanks to denote that the performance will begin when the sum required is complete, is often said mockingly to a braggart to imply disbelief. 1913 M. Beerbohm Let. 11 Mar. (1964) 222 They earnestly hope to raise the sum of £500; after which ‘up goes the donkey’, I suppose. 1970 Brewer's Dict. Phrase & Fable 336/2 Two more and up goes the donkey, an old cry at fairs, the showman having promised his credulous hearers that as soon as enough pennies are collected his donkey will balance himself on the top of a pole or ladder. extracted from donkeyn. to talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey c. to get on one's hind legs: see leg n. Phrases 1b(a)(ii). to talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey, etc.: see talk v. extracted from hindadj.n.³ to talk the hind leg off a donkey (horse, etc.) 10. Colloquial phrases. to talk the hind leg off a donkey (horse, etc.), applied to one who: (a) talks with unflagging and wearying persistence, or: (b) is said to have the power to persuade another by eloquent or charming speech; (also) to talk the bark off a tree (U.S.); to talk (someone's) ear off: to talk incessantly or until one is tired of listening (U.S.). ΚΠ 1808 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. XIII. ii. 47 The old vulgar hyperbole of ‘talking a horse's hind leg off’..will find its verification in the American Congress. 1838 ‘L. Redivivus’ Paradise Lost 84 By George, you'd talk a dog's hind leg off. 1861 Temple Bar 1 414 One has heard of persons who could ‘talk a donkey's hind leg off’. 1879 A. Trollope John Caldigate III. ix. 122 She'd talk the hind-legs off a dog, as we used to say out there [i.e. in Australia]. 1891 Outing (U.S. ed.) Nov. 137/1 The sort of cover that tempts one to halt and ‘talk the bark off a tree’. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lxxxviii. 459 ‘Doesn't she look like Rubens' second wife?’ cried Athelny. ‘Wouldn't she look splendid in a seventeenth-century costume? That's the sort of wife to marry, my boy. Look at her.’ ‘I believe you'd talk the hind leg off a donkey, Athelny,’ she answered calmly. 1935 G. Lorimer & S. Lorimer Heart Specialist i. 9 An American will talk your ear off about his sport with a little encouragement. 1942 G. H. D. Cole & M. Cole Toper's End iv. ix. 138 You can talk the 'ind leg off any donkey. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 10 Apr. 9/5 Heck! I could talk your ear off. But let me just say that in all my 40 years of organizing and escorting tours, I haven't found a better one than this one. extracted from talkv. < as lemmas
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