talk like an apothecary

Meaning: (intransitive,idiomatic,archaicslang)Toprattle.1824, Naso.,Sneezing, inThe New Monthly Magazine, volume X, page 152:As to Clement of Alexandria, I shall pass him by, as he knew nothing about the matter. Hetalks like an apothecaryon the subject; and when did ever an apothecary talk to any purpose?July, 1807,Omar and Fatima; or, the Apothecary of Ispahan, published inthe Literary Magazine and American Register, volume VIII, number 46, page 6:"And you have so little of the former left," said the old woman, as she presented him with a plate of the aliment and a glass of themenstruum, "that without we have a fresh supply, I foresee that you will be reduced to live upon your own medicines.""Youdo nottalk like an apothecary," said Nadir, "if you expect that I could exist upon them in the way you suggest."

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