(all) talked out

(all) talked out

Exhausted from speaking too much or for too long. After giving lectures all day, I'm pretty talked out when I come home. Sorry, I'm all talked out from my conversation with Sarah about her boyfriend. Why is it that my toddler never seems to get talked out? I find myself having to answer the most random questions all day long.

See also: out, talk

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talked out

tired of talking; unable to talk more. I can't go on. I'm all talked out. She was talked out in the first hour of discussion.

See also: out, talk

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

talked out

Weary from speaking, as in I haven't another thing to say; I'm all talked out. [c. 1900] Also see talk out.

See also: out, talk

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.