talk shop

See also: talkshop

English

Etymology

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Verb

talk shop (third-person singular simple present talks shop, present participle talking shop, simple past and past participle talked shop)

1. (intransitive, informal) To discuss one's work, business or profession.

Usage notes

• This is an idiomatic instance of a general construction consisting of talk with the topic area as object of the verb. One can talk baseball, talk philosophy, or talk trash.

Translations

discuss one's work

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三句不離本行／三句不离本行 (sān jù bù lí běn háng)

• Czech: bavit se o práci
• Dutch: over werk praten
• Finnish: puhua työstään
• French: parler boutique (fr)
• German: über die Arbeit reden, fachsimpeln (de)
• Hungarian: szakmázik, szakmai dolgokról beszélget, munkahelyi ügyekről beszélget
• Italian: parlare di lavoro
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: rozmawiać o pracy
• Portuguese: falar de negócios/negócio
• Russian: говори́ть о рабо́те impf (govorítʹ o rabóte)
• Serbo-Croatian: razgovarati o poslu
• Spanish: hablar de negocios
• Swedish: prata jobb
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Noun

talk shop (plural talk shops)

1. A talking shop

See also

• shop talk
• talk trash

Anagrams

• shop talk, shoptalk