falar pelos cotovelos

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, to talk through the elbows.

Verb[edit]

falar pelos cotovelos (first-person singular present falo pelos cotovelos, first-person singular preterite falei pelos cotovelos, past participle falado pelos cotovelos)

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to talk excessively