язык без костей

• ЯЗЫК БЕЗ КОСТЕЙ у кого coll, disapprov

[VPsubj with быть, pres only; fixed WO]

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⇒ s.o. is very talkative, says things he should not, is not careful about what he says:

- у X-a язык без костей{{}}≈ X has a loose tongue;

- X's tongue runs away with him;

- X runs off at the mouth;

- X's tongue is out of control;

- X's tongue is always wagging.

     ♦ "Ишь, сопит! Обиделся, видно, малолетка... Я ведь так, не со зла... Язык без костей, вот и мелю..." (Максимов 2). "Hell, he's snivelling! Must have offended him. ...Don't mind me, kid, I don't mean any harm. My tongue runs away with me and I say all kinds of junk..." (2a).

     ♦ "Молотишь, папаня, что ни попадя, язык без костей" (Максимов 1). "You're talking a lot of rubbish, Dad, your tongue's out of control" (1a).

     ♦ "У нас, знаешь, в деревне языки без костей - кому чего на ум взоредёт, то и болтают". - "А чего болтают, - возразила Ксения. - Хоть и деревня, а тоже народ живёт не дурее других. Болтать зря не будут" (Войнович 4). "You know, tongues are always wagging in this village; someone gets an idea, they've got to blab about it." "What do you mean blab," objected Ksenia. "It might be a village but people here don't live any worse than other people. We don't go in for idle talk" (4a).