beat one’s gums



beat one’s gums

tv. to waste time talking a great deal without results. I’m tired of beating my gums about this stuff.
See also: beat, gum

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MarkoMAHR-ko (Finnish)Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Finnish, Basque
Hynek-Czech
Breanabree-AN-ə, bree-AHN-əEnglish (Modern)
EimearEE-murIrish
Clementinakle-men-TEE-nah (Italian, Spanish), klə-mən-TEE-nə (Portuguese)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
NickolausNI-ko-lowsGerman