A nosy parker In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "a nosy parker", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Julia Huong calendar 2021-10-17 09:10

Meaning of A nosy parker

Synonyms:

a nosey parker

A nosy parker British Australia singular noun UK informal old-fashioned.

Used to indicate a person who likes to interfere or probe into the lives of others.

Jane is a nosy parker. You shouldn't share everything with her because she will constantly ask you many questions.

Tony enjoys spying on his neighbors with binoculars. He's a real nosy parker.

Oliver has a reputation for being a nosy parker. His neighbors have an aversion to him.

Other phrases about:

talk (one's) pants off

Used to imply that one talks for such a long time that someone becomes tired or bored

ratchet mouth

Said of someone who talks constantly.
 

talk until (one) is blue in the face

Used to express efforts to expain or talk about something again and again but one doesn't listen to or change their opinion

I don't want to sound like a busybody, but
an expression used to introduce an opinion or suggestion
 
talk (one's) arm(s) off

Talk so much that the listener becomes exhausted or bored

 

Grammar and Usage of A nosy parker

Plural nouns: nosy parkers.

Origin of A nosy parker

The term first appeared at the end of the 19th century.

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