be the talk of the town

(old-fashioned)

to be the person or subject that everyone is talking about and interested in 'I didn't realise anyone knew I was seeing Pete at the time.' 'It was the talk of the town, Kath!'

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Barrie	['bæri]
Serafima	sye-rah-FEE-mah (Russian), see-rah-FEE-mah (Russian), se-rah-FEE-mah (Macedonian)	Russian, Macedonian
Venkat	-	Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam
Majken	MIE-ken (Swedish)	Danish, Swedish
Toby	TO-bee	English
Agars	['eiga:z]