shoot the breeze

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To chat idly or generally waste time talking. US,idiomatic,slang
    — We were just standing around shooting the breeze.

词形变化

shoots the breeze present,singular,third-person shooting the breeze participle,present shot the breeze participle,past shot the breeze past

词源

A slang phrase, alluding to talking into the wind, and first recorded in 1919. In the variant, first recorded in 1908, the word bull is used instead of breeze, and means empty talk or lies.
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