TALK A BLUE STREAK / OUT TO LUNCH

From Sampath’s Desk:

 

TALK A BLUE STREAK  /  OUT TO LUNCH

 

 

TALK A BLUE STREAK:

 

Meaning:

 

Speak fast, continuously and at great length – to talk quickly and without stopping – to speak with great rapidity, volume and/or intensity

 

Example sentences:

 

He is a good guy, but he will TALK A BLUE STREAK if you let him. It can be exhausting!

 

It can be hard to follow along with her when she starts TALKING A BLUE STREAK.

 

He TALKED A BLUE STREAK all through the breakfast.

 

He had a wicked tongue when roused and could TALK A BLUE STREAK.

 

 

Your can also say ‘SCREAM A BLUE STREAK’ or ‘SPOUT A BLUE STREAK’.

 

OUT TO LUNCH:

 

Meaning:

 

Absentminded or uninformed – not connected or in touch with the real world – slightly crazy or not thinking clearly – not paying attention or heeding to what one is saying or doing - having poor mental judgment at a given point of time  – inattentive or distracted

 

 

Example sentences:

 

You must have thought I was completely OUT TO LUNCH when I forgot about meeting you.

 

We were trying to discuss the upcoming assignment, but she was just OUT TO LUNCH.

 

He must have been completely OUT TO LUNCH not seeing a car coming from the opposite direction!

 

If he believes that story, he is then really OUT TO LUNCH.

 

 

 

CAUTION:

 

OUT FOR LUNCH:

 

‘Out for lunch’ is not an idiomatic expression and it carries only the literal meaning i.e. he left his workplace to have his lunch.

 

 

Proverb:

 

வெளுத்ததெல்லாம் பாலாமா, கறுத்ததெல்லாம் நீராமா?

All are not saints that go to church.

 

(R.SAMPATH)