chew the fat

英 [tʃuː ðə fæt]

美 [tʃuː ðə fæt]

闲聊;闲扯

英英释义

verb

• talk socially without exchanging too much information
  1. the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
  Synonym:shoot the breezechatconfabulateconfabchitchatchit-chatchatterchaffernattergossipjawclavervisit

双语例句

• Uncle George like to come over to chew the fat every Sunday afternoon.
  乔治叔叔每星期天的下午都会过来闲聊一番。
• Come over and chew the fat.
  要不过来一起闲聊？
• Come on, sit here and let's chew the fat for a while.
  来，在这儿坐坐，我们聊一会儿天。
• They chew the fat, shoot the breeze and swap anecdotes about random subjects: work, family, news, weather, hobbies, etc.
  人们就工作、家庭、新闻、天气、爱好等聊聊天，侃侃大山，交换一些奇闻轶事。
• It should be noted here that our team is geographically dispersed so, although we talk on the phone regularly, we do not get the chance to chew the fat at lunch or around a water cooler.
  这里应注意，我们的团队分布在不同的地理位置，因此，尽管我们可以定期电话交谈，但是我们没有机会面对面地沟通。
• If you would want to chew the fat related to it, I'd enjoy to speak along with you, my name is Sammy.
  如果你想聊有关吧，我喜欢与你说话，我的名字是山姆。
• Molly: Hey dude, do you have time to chew the fat?
  莫莉：嗨，伙计，你有时间聊天吗？
• Molly: Come into the den and let's chew the fat.
  莫莉：让我们到起居室去聊会天。
• We may chew the fat through the phone.
  我们可以在电话上闲聊。
• The older women meet to chew the fat with their neighbors every morning.
  这些上了年纪的妇人每天上午和邻居们凑在一起闲聊。