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coffee talk

idiom
Meaning

Informal conversation among friends or acquaintances, of the kind that occurs in a casual gathering where people sit together and drink coffee.


Examples
SIMPLE

We meet every Friday for some coffee talk.

CONTEXTUAL

After the long meeting, the team went to the kitchen for some coffee talk to relax.

COMPLEX

They spent the entire afternoon engaged in coffee talk, discussing everything from local politics to their personal aspirations while the rain fell outside.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all talk and no cider

    All talk and no results.

  2. 02

    big talk

    Statements which are boastful or exaggerated.

  3. 03

    coffee money

    A small amount of money given as a bribe or gratuity.

  4. 04

    cream in one's coffee

    Something that one relishes.

  5. 05

    if these walls could talk

    Used to denote a location with an interesting or controversial history.

  6. 06

    pillow talk

    Conversation shared by bedmates, particularly intimate conversation after sexual intercourse.

  7. 07

    power coffee

    A working session or seminar at which important discussions may be held, and important decisions made, over servings of coffee or at a coffeehouse.

  8. 08

    rabbit

    [Cockney slang]talk

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