She always talks up her favourite restaurant to everyone.
talk up
idiomTo talk about (something or someone) to make it seem as good as possible or to draw positive attention to it.
The manager talked up the new project to the investors, hoping they would agree to fund it.
In his memoir, the retired diplomat talked up the fragile peace agreement as his greatest achievement, glossing over the years of failed negotiations that had preceded it.
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all talk and no cider
All talk and no results.
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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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pillow talk
Conversation shared by bedmates, particularly intimate conversation after sexual intercourse.
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rabbit
[Cockney slang]talk
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sex talk
Flirtatious conversation, used as foreplay or for seduction.
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small talk
Idle conversation, typically regarding innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness.
Last updated April 17, 2026