Flapping my gums In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "flapping my gums", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jimmy Hung calendar 2021-09-13 10:09

Meaning of Flapping my gums (redirected from flap (one's) gums )

Variants:

flap (one's) jaws

Flap (one's) gums verb phrase

To talk for a long time about unimportant things

I don't want to hear you flapping your gums anymore, so please stop it.

Let's do it and stop flapping your gums about it!

A: Do you know you're flapping your gums? B: Oh, sorry!

Other phrases about:

flog something to death

To use, do, or say something so often that people become bored with it

flap (one's) chops

To talk continuously about things that are silly or unimportant
 

Cherry ripe

1. Used as rhyming slang for the pipe
2. Used to indicate nonsensical or foolish talk
3. Used to indicate a situation in which a girl is on her period and wipes the toilet paper with a red spot that looks like a cherry ripe.
 

wag one’s chin

To talk constantly.

flap (one's) jaws

To blather or chatter; to talk aimlessly or meaninglessly.

Grammar and Usage of Flap (one's) gums

Verb Forms

  • flapped one's gums
  • flapping one's gums
  • flaps one's gums
  • To flap one's gums
  • Possessive Adjectives

    • flap her gums
    • flap his gums
    • flap my gums
    • flap our gums
    • flap their gums
    • flap your gums

The verb "flap" should be conjugated according to its tense.

More examples:

At first I thought he had a sense of humor but soon I realized he just kept flapping his gums.

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