She hates small talk at parties.
small talk
idiomIdle conversation, typically regarding innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness.
While waiting for the meeting to start, the two colleagues made small talk about the weather.
Trapped beside a stranger at the wedding dinner, he endured forty minutes of small talk about house prices and gardening before excusing himself.
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all talk and no cider
All talk and no results.
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big fish in a small pond
One who has achieved a high rank or is highly esteemed, but only in a small, relatively unimportant, or little known location or organization.
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big talk
Statements which are boastful or exaggerated.
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coffee talk
Informal conversation among friends or acquaintances, of the kind that occurs in a casual gathering where people sit together and drink coffee.
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if these walls could talk
Used to denote a location with an interesting or controversial history.
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in no small measure
To a very great extent.
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in no small part
Synonym of in no small measure.
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one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
(used imitatively) A cliché used to exaggerate an accomplishment or milestone.