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

• Molly: Then we will have time to chew the fat.
  莫莉：那么我们就有时间聊天了。
• 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。
• Molly: Hey dude, do you have time to chew the fat?
  莫莉：嗨，伙计，你有时间聊天吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It should be noted here that our team is geographically dispersed so, although we talk on the phone regularly, we do not get the chance to chew the fat at lunch or around a water cooler.
  这里应注意，我们的团队分布在不同的地理位置，因此，尽管我们可以定期电话交谈，但是我们没有机会面对面地沟通。
• Come over and chew the fat.
  要不过来一起闲聊？
• 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。
• Remember when you were a kid and eating was as simple as "Open, chew, enjoy"? You didn't count the grams of fiber and fat in your PB& J.
  还记得你小时候吗？吃是那样的简单，“张嘴，咀嚼，享受”？你不会计算纤维和脂肪克数。