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
ÉLodie	e-lo-DEE	French
Elodia	-	Spanish
Chariton	-	Ancient Greek
Petru	-	Romanian, Corsican, Old Church Slavic
Bacharach	['bækəræk]
Esthiru	-	Old Church Slavic