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Pronunciation / Transliteration: láo dao de lìng rén yàn fán
"他一直在喋喋不休，把我都快烦死了。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To talk to someone continuously or excessively until they are thoroughly bored, exhausted, or overwhelmed.
"My neighbor cornered me at the fence and talked me to death about his garden." - 2
To discuss a topic repeatedly and excessively to the point that it becomes tiresome or loses all meaning.
"The committee managed to talk the new proposal to death before any actual voting could take place."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the phrasal combination of the English verb 'talk' and the idiom 'to death', which emerged in American English during the 19th century to denote extreme intensification. The compound functions as an informal transitive verb expressing the act of exhausting a listener through excessive, redundant, or tedious conversation.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Talk-to-death" is said worldwide
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rebarbatif
Transliteration: /ʁə.baʁ.ba.tif/
Script: rébarbatif
"Il a assommé tout le monde avec ses explications interminables."
totreden
Transliteration: /ˈtoːtˌʁeːdn̩/
"Sie haben das Thema in jeder Sitzung totgeredet."
stancare a parole
Transliteration: /stanˈkaːre a paˈroːle/
"Mi ha annoiato a morte con i suoi discorsi."
hablar hasta el cansancio
Transliteration: /aˈβlaɾ ˈasta el kanˈsansjo/
"Me habló hasta el cansancio sobre su viaje."
cansar de tanto falar
Transliteration: /kɐ̃ˈzaɾ dʒi ˈtɐ̃tu faˈlaɾ/
"Ele me aborreceu tanto de tanto falar."
थका देना
Transliteration: thaka dena
"उसने अपनी लंबी बातों से मुझे बोर कर दिया।"
唠叨得令人厌烦
Transliteration: láo dao de lìng rén yàn fán
"他一直在喋喋不休，把我都快烦死了。"
지치도록 떠들다
Transliteration: jichidorok tteodeulda
"그는 내게 끝없이 말을 걸어 녹초가 되게 만들었다."
うんざりするほど話す
Transliteration: unzarisuru hodo hanasu
"彼は同じ話ばかりして、私をうんざりさせた。"
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