talk shop

See also: talkshop

English

Etymology

Verb

(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: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: over haar werk blijven praten
Finnish: puhua työstään
French: parler boutique (fr)
German: 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: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Noun

talk shop (plural talk shops)

A talking shop

See also

Anagrams

shop talk, shoptalk

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