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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Scott Nelson wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“My list of synonymous phrases and allusions for
"verbosity" included… “overly talkative” … …
… …”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Amen!</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com</st1:PersonName>] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>bolstar1<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, November 06, 2008
4:44 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Lexicog] Phrasal
Synonyms For, References to -- "Overly Talkative" Part II</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
Folks, Fritz, and fellow lexico-buffs. I thought I'd finish my thought<br>
about over-talkativeness, brevity, and the music of language. My point was<br>
to show the paradox of the axiom. I've found that when a blanket truism is<br>
declared, there is another, opposite truism that contradicts it, sort of like<br>
the yin-yang principle.<br>
My list of synonymous phrases and
allusions for "verbosity" included<br>
slightly altered meanings, to include: <em><i><u><font face="Times New Roman">wasteful</font></u></i></em>,
<em><i><u><font face="Times New Roman">idle chat</font></u></i></em> (not just
banter or <br>
simple chit-chat), <em><i><u><font face="Times New Roman">foolish talk,</font></u>
or <u>inappropriate talk</u>.</i></em> I simply lumped them <br>
together. <br>
But under a morerefined listing for a more
efficient phrasal thesaurus I <br>
would separate them and make each one sub-entries under the main entry <br>
"talk." An index at the end would eliminate a lot of repetition.
Other ! <br>
sub-categories under "talk" beside<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">
idle chat</font></i></em> and <em><i><font face="Times New Roman">foolish/empty
talk</font></i></em> would be.... 3) <br>
<em><i><u><font face="Times New Roman">deceptive talk</font></u></i></em>
4) <em><i><u><font face="Times New Roman">insulting talk</font></u></i></em>
5) <em><i><u><font face="Times New Roman">scolding, chiding, and reprimanding
talk</font></u></i></em> <br>
6) <em><i><u><font face="Times New Roman">humorous, joking, teasing talk</font></u></i></em>.
All of these would have tens of tokens as well. <br>
I consider allusions (i.e. "set"
phrasal implications and proverbs) to be <br>
important elements of the semantics of a word, since set phrases function
as <br>
synonyms to single words as closely as any single word. They are simply long
words <br>
with gaps. Traditional single-word entries in dictionaries or thesauruses
seldom <br>
include these allusional sources (though they may include some idiomatic
phrases) <br>
but because the point in those books is to produce explicit
"equalizations! ,<wbr>" not <br>
allusional, inferential, or proverbial equivalents. Th e phrase gets
the short shrift. <br>
For instance, the phrase "Shut up!"
though technically means "stop <br>
talking," the implication is that the person is talking too much, or
wrongly, or<br>
inappropriately. And it (usually in the imperative mood) can be used teasingly
as a <br>
snynonym phrase to "pooh-phooh" someone (in the indicative mood) when
the <br>
dialoguing counterpart says something in opposition to (or something unsettling
<br>
to) the speaker -- as Jay Leno does when he says, "Oh, shut up!" to
his audience. <br>
A comprehensive thesaurus might include the proverb
"All it takes for <br>
an argument is four deaf ears and two mouths." in the sub-category "<em><i><font
face="Times New Roman">overly</font></i></em> <br>
talkative." "Empty vessels make the most sound." might go under
the sub-category <br>
"<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">empty </font></i></em>talk," as
would a quotable quote of Shakespeare'<wbr>s like...."It is a <br>
tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, sign! ifying nothing."<br>
The following group of phrases is sort of an addendum
to my earlier list<br>
and is largely mishmash in order, except for the proverb section and the humor <br>
section. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Scott
Nelson <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</span></font><strong><b><u><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'>Perfect Matches (Humor):</span></font></u></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>They're a
perfect match. He's a fire-breather at a circus, and she's full of hot air.<br>
<br>
They're a perfect match. He's a podiatrist -- and she's always putting her foot
in her mouth.<br>
{put one's foot in one's mouth}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>They're a
perfect match. She's sells balloons at the fair, and he's full of hot air.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A man who
married a woman because she was a good conversationalist left her -- because
she talked too much.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><u><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'>Proverbs, Wit, and Advice:</span></font></u></b></strong> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A child
learns to talk in about two years, but it takes about sixty years to learn to
keep his mouth shut.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A closed
mouth catches no flies.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A gossip
talks about others; a bore talks about himself; and a brilliant
conversationalist talks about you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I thought
talk was cheap, until I saw our telephone bill.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If a man
keeps his trap shut, the world will beat a path to his door. <br>
(keep one's big trap shut)<br>
(Shut your big trap.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It is
better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all
doubt.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>One
minute of keeping your mouth shut is worth an hour's explanation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Open
mouth invites foot. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Q: How do
you know when you're talking to a mad scientist and his clone?<br>
A: They say they say everything everything twice twice.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Q: What
happened when the captain blew hot air at the general?<br>
A: There was hell toupee. {hell to pay}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Take a
tip from nature: ears aren't made to shut, but a mouth is.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>When your
work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.<br>
{speak for oneself}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
</span></font><strong><b><u><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'>General Denigrations:</span></font></u></b></strong><b><u><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></u></b><br>
have a fat-mouth;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>have a
big mouth;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>keep
one's big mouth closed;<br>
keep one's big mouth shut;<br>
open one's big mouth;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>ratchet-mouth;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>all jaw;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>all mouth
and no ears;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>all talk;<br>
all talk and no action;<br>
<br>
a motor-mouth; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(can)
talk a mile a minute<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>an
armchair general;<br>
an armchair strategist;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>an
armchair quarterback;<br>
armchair quarterbacking;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>quarterback
from the sidelines;<br>
quarterbacking from the sidelines;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>an ear-bender;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>never at
a loss for words;<br>
never lost for words;<br>
<br>
bananas on bananas;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>blather
on about (something);<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>excess
verbiage;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>give
someone an earful;<br>
<br>
blow hot air;<br>
blow a lot of hot air;<br>
<br>
just (a lot of) hot air;<br>
just blowing (a lot of) hot air;<br>
just blowing hot air;<br>
<br>
full of hot air;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>have a
big mouth;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Me and my
big mouth!<br>
Me and my big fat mouth!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>You and
your big mouth!<br>
You and your big fat mouth!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>keep
one's big mouth shut;<br>
keep one's big mouth closed; <br>
close one's mouth;<br>
shut one's mouth; <br>
keep one's mouth shut;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I'd
better keep my mouth shut.<br>
keep one's mouth closed;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>someone's
mouth is(really) in gear..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I didn't
ask for your life story.;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>like to
hear oneself talk;<br>
love to hear oneself talk;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>love the
sound of one's own voice;<br>
like the sound of one's own voice;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>talk,
just to hear one's own voice;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>make chin
music<br>
<br>
Put a sock in it!<br>
put a sock in someone's mouth;<br>
Stick a sock in it!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Put a
cork in it!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>put one's
foot in one's mouth;<br>
stick one's foot in one's mouth;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>someone's
foot is in their mouth;<br>
put one's foot in it;<br>
<br>
have foot-in-mouth disease;<br>
a case of foot-in-mouth disease;<br>
suffer from foot-in-mouth disease;<br>
hoof-in-mouth disease;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>run one's
mouth;<br>
to be running one's mouth;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>run at
the mouth;<br>
running at the mouth;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>run off
at the mouth;<br>
running off at the mouth;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Shut up!<br>
Shut the f... up!<br>
shut someone up;<br>
You can't shut someone up (now)!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>shut up
like a clam;<br>
<br>
sound like a broken record;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Don't
give it away!<br>
give something away<br>
<br>
spout off;<br>
spout off about (something);<br>
let someone spout off;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Can/could)
talk off a donkey's hind legs;<br>
talk the hind legs off a donkey;<br>
talk a donkey's hind legs off;<br>
talk the hind leg off a donkey;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(can)
talk someone's ear off;<br>
chew someone's ear off;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>talk
someone's head off;<br>
will talk someone's head off;<br>
can talk your head off;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>talk
someone's arm off;<br>
<br>
talk someone's leg off;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>talk too
much;<br>
You talk too much.<br>
I talk too much.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>You can
talk until you are blue in the face, but...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>the
telephone is growing out of the side of someone's head;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
<br>
have a well-oiled tongue;<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Yackety-yak!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><u><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'>Previous List (from previous post):</span></font></u></b></strong> <span
lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>A
politician is a man who approaches every question with an open mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>All
it takes for an arugument is two loud mouths and four deaf ears.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
all mouth and no ears;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Babbling
brooks are noisy.;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>chatter like a magpie;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>idle chatter;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>chatter in the pipe;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>chatter like a monkey;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>diarrhea of the mouth;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>diarrhea of the jawbone;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>clucking hens;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>two clucking hens;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>like two clucking hens;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>excess verbiage;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>flip-lipped;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>long-winded;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>a long-winded (something);</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>could talk the bark off a tree</span></font><font size=2><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>(couild) talk the pants off someone</span></font><font size=2><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an
evening</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>with an insurance salesman? (Woody Allen) <br>
<br>
They're a perfect match. The weatherman is long-winded, and the English</span></font><font
size=2><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>proffesor is long on rhetoric.</span></font><font size=2><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>They're a perfect match. He's long-winded, and she's a flaming
windbag. </span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>talk a blue streak;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>can talk a blue streak;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>swear a blue streak;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>can swear a blue streak;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>curse a blue streak;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>A whale is harpooned only when it spouts.</span></font><font size=2><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>verbal diarrhea;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>oral diarrhea;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>Empty vessels make the most sound.</span></font><font size=2><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>Empty vessels make the most noise.</span></font><font size=2><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>have an itching tongue;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>run one's mouth;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>running one's mouth;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>run at the mouth;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>running at the mouth;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>run/running off at the mouth;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>talk on and on;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>talk on and on about (something);</span></font><font size=2><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>go on and on (about something);</span></font><font size=2><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>ramble on about(something)<wbr>;</span></font><font size=2><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>rattle on and on;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>rattle on and on about (something);</span></font><font size=2><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>rattle on about (something);</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>babble on about (something)</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>babble on and on;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Georgia><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia'>talked up a storm;</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
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