talk sense

Idioms  

1. Speak rationally and coherently, as in Ranting and raving won't help; it's time we talked sense, or I wish you'd talk some sense into that son of yours. Shakespeare used this idiom in slightly different form in The Merry Wives of Windsor (2:1): “Believe it, Page, he speaks sense.”

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talk sense

When asked why he didn’t take the threat more seriously, Barr justified his response by saying, “At the end of the day, it wouldn’t be carried out, and you could talk sense into him.”

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2024

“Before the election it was possible to talk sense to the president,” Barr said.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2022

The former attorney general said that he “felt that before the election, it was possible to talk sense to the president.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2022

"She was always trying to convince me, to talk sense into me because she is a mother, she is clever and I am stupid," he said.

From Reuters ● Mar. 8, 2022

His two friends pinned him down and held on while they tried to talk sense to him.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques