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

我不喜歡吃飯的時(shí)候談?wù)摴?，太沒(méi)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(kāi)誠(chéng)布公地談，就可以用：

talk turkey 談?wù)?鄭重其事地談;坦誠(chéng)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?cè)撜J(rèn)真談一談了。你準(zhǔn)備給公司投資多少?

以下這句習(xí)語(yǔ)用于在別人說(shuō)話時(shí)打斷并表示不想聽(tīng)、沒(méi)興趣聽(tīng)。這個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)年輕人特愛(ài)用，尤其是在聽(tīng)家長(zhǎng)們說(shuō)教時(shí)，用的時(shí)候通常還伴隨著做這樣一個(gè)動(dòng)作：舉起一只手，手心朝著說(shuō)話人。

talk to the hand 不想聽(tīng)你說(shuō);沒(méi)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(shuō)話太多，一直喋喋不休，你可以用這個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)來(lái)形容：

talk sb.’s ear off

或：

talk sb.’s head off

喋喋不休;說(shuō)個(gè)沒(méi)完

【后一個(gè)有費(fèi)盡唇舌勸說(shuō)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(shuō)個(gè)沒(méi)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(shuō)話!

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

你可以嘮嘮叨叨說(shuō)個(gè)沒(méi)完，但我是不會(huì)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(kāi)放些。