to speak one's mind | honestly say how you really feel | |
to spread like wildfire | spreads very quickly | |
straight from the horse's mouth | hear sth from a person who has direct knowledge | |
to stretch the truth | to make sth sound better than it is | |
to take sth with a grain of salt | to be skeptical about the information you hear | |
to be like talking to a brick wall | talking to someone who is not listening or saying anything | |
to beat a dead horse | waste time on sth that is never going to happen/ continue talking about sth that has already been | |
to beat around the bush | to avoid or delay talking about a subject directly - owijac w bawelne | |
beside the point | sth is irrelevant or off topic | |
to bite one's tongue | stop yourself from saying sth that will probably get you in trouble | |
to butter someone up | flatter someone because you want sth from him | |
to talk sth over | you discuss sth with someone in order to get their opinion before you make a decision | |
to talk sth/sb up | speak positively about that person or thing in order to influence other people's opinion | |
(spread by) word of mouth | poczta pantoflowa - przekaz ustny | |