blue streak
Example Sentences
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No wonder I talked a blue streak about money with Elvira — about the hourly billing rate I charged, the new clients I landed, the prospects I was pitching and my projected annual revenues.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025
That means swearing a blue streak, the way he does, or trying to out-do someone or impress them.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2022
Dottie was 4 now and could talk a blue streak.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2021
“My customers come here and talk a blue streak, but they leave with beautiful hair,” a local hairdresser says to Selma.
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2021
Mom liked to say that Dad could talk a blue streak, spinning tales of jobs he’d never had and college degrees he’d never earned.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
