nineteen to the dozen

Prov. very rapidly or energetically. Whenever I get together with my cousins, we always gossip away nineteen to the dozen. While Alan got the other ingredients, Jane was chopping up potatoes nineteen to the dozen.

nineteen/ten to the dozen

(British & Australian informal)

if someone is talking nineteen to the dozen, they are talking very fast, without stopping Gaby was chatting away nineteen to the dozen behind me and I couldn't concentrate.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Irfan	-	Arabic
Kimbra	KIM-brə	English (Rare)
Apostolis	-	Greek
Melchol	-	Biblical Greek
Babbie	['bæbi]
Engle	['eŋgl]