talk like an apothecary

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To prattle.

    古体 习语 不及物 俚语

    As to Clement of Alexandria, I shall pass him by, as he knew nothing about the matter. He talks like an apothecary on the subject; and when did ever an apothecary talk to any purpose?

    "And you have so little of the former left," said the old woman, as she presented him with a plate of the aliment and a glass of the menstruum, "that without we have a fresh supply, I foresee that you will be reduced to live upon your own medicines." "You do not talk like an apothecary," said Nadir, "if you expect that I could exist upon them in the way you suggest."