A: I don’t like to talk shop when we have dinner. It’s tooboring.

我不喜歡吃飯的時候談?wù)摴?，太沒意思了。

B: I agree! Let’s talk about something else. I’m sick of talkingabout work all the time.

我同意!那我們談?wù)剟e的吧。整天談?wù)摴ぷ髡鏌┤恕?/p>

但如果確實(shí)有正事要談，想鄭重其事地談，或開誠布公地談，就可以用：

talk turkey 談?wù)?鄭重其事地談;坦誠地談

Okay, we have business to discuss. Let's talk turkey.

好，我們有正事要談。我們好好談?wù)劇?/p>

It’s time we talked turkey. How much money can you invest in thecompany?

我們該認(rèn)真談一談了。你準(zhǔn)備給公司投資多少?

以下這句習(xí)語用于在別人說話時打斷并表示不想聽、沒興趣聽。這個習(xí)語年輕人特愛用，尤其是在聽家長們說教時，用的時候通常還伴隨著做這樣一個動作：舉起一只手，手心朝著說話人。

talk to the hand 不想聽你說;沒興趣知道

A: Sarah, would you mind cleaning up the—

B: Talk to the hand, dad! I've got too much going on to bedealing with chores around the house!

如果某人說話太多，一直喋喋不休，你可以用這個習(xí)語來形容：

talk sb.’s ear off

或：

talk sb.’s head off

喋喋不休;說個沒完

【后一個有費(fèi)盡唇舌勸說別人的意思?！?/p>

A: My daughter is only three years old, but she can talk your earoff.

我的女兒只有三歲，但卻能喋喋不休說個沒完。

B: Be glad she isn’t shy! A lot of kids her age are afraid totalk to adults!

她不害羞，你應(yīng)該感到高興啊!許多像她這么大的小孩子都害怕和大人說話!

A: You can talk your head off, but I won’t change my opinion.

你可以嘮嘮叨叨說個沒完，但我是不會改變主意的。

B: Please try to be a little bit more open-minded.

你的思想要嘗試變得開放些。