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talk sense

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talk sense

to be reasonable Abdullah is liked by the people who work for him because he talks sense. I think it's time someone talked sense to us about conserving energy.

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talk sense

Speak rationally and coherently, as in Ranting and raving won't help; it's time we talked sense, or I wish you'd talk some sense into that son of yours. Shakespeare used this idiom in slightly different form in The Merry Wives of Windsor (2:1): "Believe it, Page, he speaks sense."

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talk sense

To speak rationally and coherently.

See also: sense, talk