talk about
verb- Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something. · Talk about a loose cannon! Did you hear his TV speech?
- Used to draw attention to the speaker's approval or affirmation of someone or something. · - I'm gonna wine you and dine you and give you everything you need. - Yes! Now that's what I'm talking about!
- To say; used before a direct quote or paraphrase.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see talk, about.
From the library
“Now,” said Valentine, motioning to Morrel to sit down near her grandfather, while she took her seat on his footstool,—“now let us talk about our own affairs.
Do come back again, and we won’t talk about cats or dogs either, if you don’t like them!” When the Mouse heard this, it turned round and swam slowly back to her: its face was quite pale (with passion, Alice thought), and it said in a low trembling voice, “Let us get to the shore, and then I’ll tell you my history, and you’ll understand why it is I hate cats and dogs.”
Alice replied eagerly, for she was always ready to talk about her pet: “Dinah’s our cat.
“If you knew Time as well as I do,” said the Hatter, “you wouldn’t talk about wasting _it_.
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