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English · American Slang Idiom

to shoot one's mouth off/ʃuːt wʌnz maʊθ ɒf/

In context "Don't pay him any mind — he's always shooting his mouth off."

"To talk too much — recklessly, indiscreetly, or boastfully."

Born in the saloons and dust-streets of mid-19th-century America, this idiom equates loose talk with the firing of a six-shooter — a man with no aim, just noise and consequence.

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