A phrase about talking tooooooooo much...

Yishu H.

Hello, and welcome to Speak good English with me, Yishu. When people talk too much we get bored listening. For example, my friend Sam is a big fan of Star Wars and sometimes he can’t stop talking about it and I have a phrase to describe what he’s been doing – but why does it involve rabbits? Find out more in today’s episode.

 

If someone starts to ‘rabbit on’ something, it means they talk continuously so that other people lose interest in what they are saying and become bored. And Sam can really go on and on and on when he starts talk about Star Wars.

 

So, it's got nothing to do with rabbits. Let’s hear some example.

  • Mark just won't stop rabbiting on about the weather – it's so boring!
  • Freya likes to rabbit on about how amazing her boyfriend is!
  • Our meeting always overruns because our boss likes to rabbit on about timekeeping!

 

In this Speak good English with Yishu, we're looking at the phrase 'to rabbit on' which describes someone talking so much that they become boring to listen to. 

 

Ok, that's our piece of authentic real English for today. See you soon. Bye bye~

 

 

Key words and phrases

continuously: without pause or interruption

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