talk shop
1talk shop — talk about things in one s work Everyone at the restaurant decided that they would not talk shop during the dinner. (from Idioms in Speech) to speak of business matters; to talk of the business that concerns one; to talk about one s everyday work …
2talk shop — Ⅰ. talk shop DISAPPROVING ► to talk about things relating to your work when you are in a social situation, especially in a way that is not interesting to other people: »I hate these dinners where everyone talks shop the whole time. Main Entry:… …
3talk shop — {v. phr.}, {informal} To talk about things in your work or trade. * /Two chemists were talking shop, and I hardly understood a word they said./ …
4talk shop — {v. phr.}, {informal} To talk about things in your work or trade. * /Two chemists were talking shop, and I hardly understood a word they said./ …
5talk shop — If you talk shop, you talk about work matters, especially if you do this outside work …
6talk shop — talk about jobs, talk about what we do at work I don t like to talk shop when we have visitors. It s too boring …
7talk shop — ► talk shop discuss matters concerning one s work, especially at an inappropriate time. Main Entry: ↑shop …
8talk shop — verb discuss matters that are related to work (Freq. 1) As soon as they met, the linguists started to talk shop • Hypernyms: ↑discourse, ↑talk about, ↑discuss • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …
9talk shop — If you talk shop, you talk about work matters, especially if you do this outside work. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you talk shop, you talk about your work or business in a social situation with someone you work with, and make… …
10talk shop — if people who work together talk shop, they talk about their work when they are not at work. Even when they go out in the evening, they just talk shop all the time …
