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Idiom idiom

talk to God


To pray

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

“She likes to talk to God before she goes to sleep.”

CONTEXTUAL

“When he felt overwhelmed by his problems, he went to the quiet chapel to talk to God.”

COMPLEX

“In the stillness of the early morning, she found solace as she knelt to talk to God about her deepest fears.”


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

    bow down before the porcelain god

    Synonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl”).

  4. 04

    call someone everything but a child of God

    To call someone many abusive names.

  5. 05

    coffee talk

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

  6. 06

    God forbid

    indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable

  7. 07

    God forfend

    Don't let it be.

  8. 08

    God is in the detail

    Expresses the idea that whatever one does should be done thoroughly; i.e. details are important.

Last updated August 10, 2026