beat gums



beat one's gums

to waste time talking a great deal without results. (As if one were toothless.) I'm tired of beating my gums about this over and over. You're just beating your gums. No one is listening.
See also: beat, gum

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fernando[fə'nændə]
AadolfAH:-dolf Finnish
Yeong-Sukyung-sookKorean
Pa-Hmong
WullemWUL-ləmLimburgish
Gianfrancojahn-FRAHN-koItalian