shoot the bull

短语

吹牛, 闲谈

发音

AU

词形变化

shooting the bull shoots the bull 三单 shoots the bull shot the bull shooting the bull 现在分词 shot the bull 过去式 shot the bull 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To chinwag; to talk idly.

    习语

    1976-1977, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I didn't get what this group therapy was all about, it seemed to me it was just a bunch of people shooting the bull.