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
Fortunato	-	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Roz	RAHZ	English
Juanito	hwah-NEE-to	Spanish
Jagoda	yah-GAW-dah (Polish)	Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Polish
Ingrid	ING-rid (Swedish), ING-ree (Norwegian), ING-grit (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Acantha	ə-KAN-thə (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)