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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Faramond	-	History
August	OW-guwst (German, Polish), AW-gəst (English)	German, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Catalan, English
Eoghan	O-in (Irish, Scottish), YO-in (Irish, Scottish)	Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Loviise	-	Estonian
Adonis	[ə'dəunis]
Roald	-	Norwegian