to run off at the mouth
1run off at the mouth — {v. phr.} To talk too much; be unable to stop talking. * / Shut up, John, our father cried. You are always running off at the mouth. / …
2run off at the mouth — {v. phr.} To talk too much; be unable to stop talking. * / Shut up, John, our father cried. You are always running off at the mouth. / …
3run off at the mouth N. Amer. — run off at the mouth N. Amer. informal talk excessively or indiscreetly. → run …
4run off at the mouth — talk a lot, talk when you should be quiet Why do you run off at the mouth and disturb this class? …
5run off at the mouth — American, informal to talk a lot without saying anything important. He s just another one of these politicians who run off at the mouth …
6run off at the mouth — informal talk excessively or indiscreetly * * * run off at the ˈ mouth idiom (NAmE, informal) to talk too much, in a way that is not sensible Main entry: ↑mouthidiom …
7To run off at the mouth — Mouth Mouth (mouth), n.; pl. {Mouths} (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth, mu[thorn], AS. m[=u][eth]; akin to D. mond, OS. m[=u][eth], G. mund, Icel. mu[eth]r, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth. mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil mouth,… …
8run off at the mouth — in. to talk too much; to have diarrhea of the mouth. □ I wish you would stop running off at the mouth. □ Tom runs off at the mouth too much. I wish he would temper his remarks …
9run off at the mouth — vp To talk too much. He is always running off at the mouth. 1950s …
10run\ off\ at\ the\ mouth — v. phr. To talk too much; be unable to stop talking. Shut up, John, our father cried. You are always running off at the mouth …
