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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Example Sentences

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

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

He’s the one who’ll be able to talk sense into Mom.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy