“Talk”是英语中常见的动词，也可以用作名词“Talk”也用于各种各样的习语表达中。下面列出的是一个成语或表达法，带有“talk”的定义和两个例句，有助于通过上下文理解。

大话

定义：（名词）夸张的主张

He's full of big talk, but he rarely does what he claims. Is that just big talk, or do you think it's actually true?

与某人交谈

定义：（口头短语）强烈地对某人说话，斥责某人

She gave her daughter a talking to after she got home after midnight. Come in this room! You need a talking to!

谈心

定义：（名词）严肃的讨论

Jane and I had a great heart-to-heart talk last weekend. Now I understand her. Have you had a heart-to-heart talk with your wife yet?

摇摆语

定义：（名词）明显不真实的事物

Come on Tim! That's just jive talk. Stop the jive talk and tell me something interesting.

有钱能使鬼推磨

定义：（成语）最重要的是钱

Don't forget that money talks, so everything else doesn't matter. In the end money talks so your business needs to be profitable as soon as possible.

打气话

定义：（名词）旨在激励某人的简短讨论

The coach gave the players a pep talk during halftime. My wife gave me a pep talk to help me with my job interview.

直言不讳

定义：（名词）完全诚实的讨论，经常讨论困难的问题

Tom gave me straight talk at the meeting which I appreciated greatly. I'd like to hear some straight talk on the investment opportunities.

话多

定义：（口头短语）说得快，说得长

Maria talked a blue streak at the party. It was hard to say anything. Be careful when speaking with Tom, he talks a blue streak.

夸夸其谈

定义：（动词）大肆宣扬和吹嘘

Take everything he says with a grain of salt. He talks big. You're talking big today. Could you please be a bit more realistic?

会说话的人

定义：（名词）电视专家

The talking heads feel the economy is going to improve. They hired a talking head to represent them on TV talk shows.

胡说八道

定义：（动词短语）说一些没有意义的话

Don't talk like a nut! That's crazy. She's talking like a nut. Don't believe a word she says.

用白色大电话交谈

定义：（动词短语）吐进厕所

Doug drank too much so he's talking on the big white phone. She's in the bathroom talking on the big white phone.

夸夸其谈

定义：（口头短语）粗心大意地说话和说谎

He's talking through his hat. Don't believe a word he says. Unfortunately, Jane often talks through her hat, so you can't believe anything.

自言自语

定义：（动词短语）说话是为了听自己说话，从说得太多中找到乐趣

Henry talks to hear his own voice. It gets boring after a while. He lost a few of his friends because he talks to hear his own voice.

直言不讳

定义：（口头短语）谈正经事，坦率地谈

It's time to talk turkey about the business. Peter, we need to talk turkey.

说话直到脸色发青

定义：（口头短语）在不影响他人的情况下长篇大论

There's no need to try to convince her. You'll just talk until you are blue in the face. I talked until I was blue in the face, but it didn't help.