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talk sense

Idioms

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.”

Example Sentences

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On Thursday, Macron urged Beijing to talk sense to Russia over the war in Ukraine while von der Leyen said Xi expressed willingness to speak to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

From Reuters • Apr. 7, 2023

“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

Embiid was among a small group of Sixers that tried to visit with Simmons in the offseason and talk sense into him, only to get rebuffed by the No. 1 pick of the 2016 draft.

From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2021

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

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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