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rabbit

idiom
Slang Cockney rhyming slang · East London
Meaning

talk


Origin

via rabbit and pork

Examples
SIMPLE

Please stop rabbiting on about your boring dream.

CONTEXTUAL

I tried to read my book, but my neighbor kept rabbiting on about his garden.

COMPLEX

The lecturer continued to rabbit on about obscure historical details, oblivious to the fact that his audience had long since lost interest.

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 talk

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

  4. 04

    if these walls could talk

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

  5. 05

    pillow talk

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

  6. 06

    sex talk

    Flirtatious conversation, used as foreplay or for seduction.

  7. 07

    small talk

    Idle conversation, typically regarding innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness.

  8. 08

    table talk

    Conversation, especially of an informal or somewhat gossipy nature, among a group seated together for a meal or other social activity.

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