small talk | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Idleconversation, typically regardinginnocuousorunimportantsubjects, usuallyengagedin atsocialgatheringsout ofpoliteness.1814May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VII, inMansfield Park:[…], volume I, London:[…][George Sidney]forT[homas]Egerton,[…],→OCLC,page134:[T]o the credit of the lady it may be added, that[…]without any of the arts of flattery or the gaieties ofsmall talk, he began to be agreeable to her.1910,P. G. Wodehouse,Misunderstood:If he had a fault as a conversationalist, it was a certain tendency to monotony, a certain lack of sparkle and variety in hissmall-talk.2009June 10, John Cloud, “Michael Jackson 1958–2009”, inTime:Yet for so public a figure, Jackson was socially awkward, inept atsmall talkand terrified when the distant audience became an adoring mob.

Examples:

EN: - Enough small talk.
ES: - Dejémonos de zarandajas.
EN: You must cultivate small talk, vivacity.
ES: Debes soltarte hablando. Con garbo.
EN: John Eaton. Today is no time for small talk.
ES: Acabe con esas tonterías.
EN: You aren't small talk, Peggy.
ES: ¿Tonterías?
EN: - A small talk, monsieur, with your wife.
ES: - Quiero hablar con su esposa.
EN: Oh, just small talk. Don't trouble.
ES: - Oh sólo era retórico, no se moleste
EN: No one should care what people say, it's just small talk.
ES: La gente sólo dice tonterías.
EN: This is no time for small talk.
ES: No es momento para charla. Salgamos de aquí.
EN: Fanny, you know I don't believe in small talk.
ES: Fanny, tú sabes que yo nunca hablo por hablar.
EN: It really is worth it. Only if there was small talk.
ES: Entonces seguro que solo nos dan sermones.
EN: - I'm not in the mood for small talk.
ES: - No estoy de humor para charlar.
EN: Exciting. I have to get a new line of small talk.
ES: Pensaré en nuevos temas de conversación.
EN: I just don't happen to be much of a hand at small talk and pap... paper hats.
ES: No me gusta la charla ni los gorros de papel.
EN: You'll learn to waltz and make small talk... and have pretty dresses.
ES: Aprenderás a bailar el vals y a charlar... y tener vestidos bonitos.
EN: And I don't like small talk.
ES: Y a mí no me gusta la cháchara.

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