talk shop

See also: talkshop

English

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

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.

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: nói chuyện làm ăn

talk shop (plural talk shops)