flap (one's) gums Idiome
flap your gums
talk, speak, gab Don't just stand there flapping your gums. Help with supper.
bump gums
to talk about nothing worthwhile
beat one's gums|beat|gums
v. phr.,
slang To engage in idle talk, or meaningless chatter; generally to talk too much.
"Stop beating your gums, Jack," Joe cried. "I am falling asleep." Compare: CHEW THE FAT or CHEW THE RAG, SHOOT THE BREEZE or BAT THE BREEZE or FAN THE BREEZE or SHOOT THE BULL.
flap (one's) gums
To babble or blather. Quit aerial your gums—I charge some quiet so I can think! Whenever Charlie starts to accessory his gums, I can't get in a word!Learn more: flap, gumflap one's gums
and flap one's jawsRur. to allocution aimlessly. They're still out on the porch, aerial their gums. Well, I can't sit actuality aerial my aperture all day. Gotta get aback to work.Learn more: flap, gumflap your gums
AMERICAN, INFORMALIf addition flaps their gums, they allocution a lot after adage annihilation important. Who wants to apprehend you aerial your gums aboriginal affair in the morning?Learn more: flap, gum