chew the fat

英 [tʃuː ðə fæt]

美 [tʃuː ðə fæt]

闲聊;闲扯

英英释义

verb

• talk socially without exchanging too much information
  1. the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
  Synonym:shoot the breezechatconfabulateconfabchitchatchit-chatchatterchaffernattergossipjawclavervisit

双语例句

• Come over and chew the fat.
  要不过来一起闲聊？
• The older women meet to chew the fat with their neighbors every morning.
  这些上了年纪的妇人每天上午和邻居们凑在一起闲聊。
• They chew the fat, shoot the breeze and swap anecdotes about random subjects: work, family, news, weather, hobbies, etc.
  人们就工作、家庭、新闻、天气、爱好等聊聊天，侃侃大山，交换一些奇闻轶事。
• All his wife likes to do is chew the fat with her friends all day long.
  他太太所喜欢的就是成天和她那些朋友聊东家长西家短。
• Uncle George like to come over to chew the fat every Sunday afternoon.
  乔治叔叔每星期天的下午都会过来闲聊一番。
• If you would want to chew the fat related to it, I'd enjoy to speak along with you, my name is Sammy.
  如果你想聊有关吧，我喜欢与你说话，我的名字是山姆。
• Molly: Hey dude, do you have time to chew the fat?
  莫莉：嗨，伙计，你有时间聊天吗？
• Molly: Come into the den and let's chew the fat.
  莫莉：让我们到起居室去聊会天。
• I hope one day you'll be able to chew the fat together.
  我希望有一天你们能一块聊聊天。
• We used to meet at weekend and chew the fat over coffee and sunflower seeds.
  我们经常在周末一起聊天，一边喝着咖啡，一边吃瓜子。