gift of the gab | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Theabilitytotalkreadily,glibly, andconvincingly, especially ontrivialmatters andsmall talk.1839,Charles Dickens, chapter43, inOliver Twist:"Ay, that he shall," replied Fagin, "and we'll have a big-wig, Charley: one that's got the greatestgift of the gab: to carry on his defence; and he shall make a speech for himself too, if he likes."1915,John Buchan, chapter 4, inThe Thirty-Nine Steps:I had meant to speak for ten minutes and must now go on for forty, and, though I've been racking my brains for three hours to think of something, I simply cannot last the course. Now you've got to be a good chap and help me. You're a Free Trader and can tell our people what a wash-out Protection is in the Colonies. All you fellows have thegift of the gab.2014September 8, Michael White, “Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:He is a political chameleon, as charming to business leaders he met privately in Aberdeen on Friday night as he has been inspiring to distressed and desperate Labour defectors in Glasgow and beyond. The ex-oil economist can do it all because he has thegift of the gaband used to be a leftwing tearaway, expelled from the SNP ranks in stuffier times.

Examples:

EN: With his gift of the gab he is certain to reach the highest posts in the state.
ES: Con una cabeza como la suya, es totalmente indicado para los puestos más altos de la república.
EN: You see. I've the gift of the gab and I'm supposed to break it to you easy.
ES: Dice que tengo que tengo labia y se supone que te lo diré con tacto.
EN: With his gift of the gab he could go places.
ES: Con ese don de palabra podrías llegar lejos.
EN: - You got the gift of the gab. Go back in there and make like you're talking to Command.
ES: - Tú que eres hábil con la lengua vuelve ahí adentro y finge hablar con el comando.
EN: It'll take a great gift of the gab to win over the Fish People.
ES: Esto tomará un gran don de elocuencia para ganarse a la gente-pez.
EN: You have the gift of the gab and can always make me look small.
ES: Déjalo. Cuando discutimos, largas tanto que me aturdes.
EN: It's called the gift of the gab.
ES: Se llama el don de la persuasión.
EN: [Chuckles] God cursed me with a natural gift of the gab... and an unnatural interest in my fellow man.
ES: Dios me maldijo con el don natural de la conversación... y un anormal interés por mi prójimo.
EN: You have the gift of the gab!
ES: El amor de mi mamá vale 5 crores.
EN: And once he had discovered he'd got the gift of the gab, he let the eloquence rip, drafting and rehearsing his speeches like some great trouper of the Edwardian stage.
ES: Y cuando descubrió que tenía un pico de oro, dejó que su elocuencia se desatara, escribiendo y ensayando sus discursos como si fuera un gran actor del teatro eduardiano.
EN: - Not at all. On the contrary, both have a gift of the gab.
ES: Al contrario, ambos tienen el don de la charlatanería
EN: Con men are supposed to have the gift of the gab, aren't they?
ES: Se supone que los estafadores son de lengua hábil ¿no es cierto?
EN: You know, I've got the gift of the gab.
ES: Tú sabes, tengo el don de cotorrear.
EN: - He's not blessed with the gift of the gab.
ES: - No está dotado con el don del habla.
EN: From what we understand, he's acting as a broker - appears to have the gift of the gab.
ES: Por lo que nosotros entendemos... es algo así como un agente comercial... parece tener el don de la elocuencia.

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