talking head | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,alsoattributive)Ajournalistorpundit, especially one ontelevision, whopresentsordiscussesissuesof the day.1989,Mark [Stephen] Monmonier, “Maps in the Electronic Media”, inMaps with the News: The Development of American Journalistic Cartography, Chicago, Ill.; London:University of Chicago Press,→ISBN,page203:Early TV newscasts consisted largely of "talking heads"—a reporter reading news bulletins or interviewing prominent politicians—but maps were frequently employed as visual aids, particularly for war news.1999, Laurence G. Boldt, “The Leisure to Grow”, inThe Tao of Abundance, New York, N.Y.:Penguin/Arkana,→ISBN:We've seen the respect once reserved for serious thinkers transferred totalking-headexperts, skilled at reducing their messages to thirty-second sound bites.2015, Thomas T. Holyoke, “Theodore J. Lowi,The End of Liberalism: The Second Republic of the United States”, in Steven J. Balla,Martin Lodge, Edward C. Page, editors,The Oxford Handbook of Classics in Public Policy and Administration, Oxford:Oxford University Press,→ISBN,page221:ButTheodore Lowiis not atalking headleveling vitriol against the political system to make money. He is a thinker making a powerful, well-reasoned argument that resonates even with his critics, though sometimes the prose style is a little dense.

Examples:

EN: The Indian tomb trick? The mystery of the talking head?
ES: ¿El truco del ataúd indio, el decapitado charlatán?
EN: - And then, y'know, he pulls... - I want to go from the knife to the talking head. I think that would work better.
ES: Quiero que vayas de la navaja al hombre que está hablando.
EN: Who's gonna believe a talking head?
ES: ¿Quién creerá a una cabeza parlante?
EN: Who would ever believe a talking head?
ES: ¿Quién iba a creer a una cabeza que habla?
EN: Well, we don't have a talking head anymore.
ES: Ya no tenemos informante.
EN: Every talking head is saying how you mopped the floor with her.
ES: Todos los analistas dicen como limpió el suelo con ella.
EN: Every talking head out there is saying how you mopped the floor up with her.
ES: Todos los analistas dicen como limpió el suelo con ella.
EN: And then we thought we'd cut to a talking head of you, you know, consequences, a system kids can believe in, blah, blah, blah, then do talks with some of the kids.
ES: Entonces cortamos a su cabeza, hablando. Consecuencias, un sistema bueno para los niños. Bla, bla, bla.
EN: But the worst part wasn't some talking head in a bag, or anomalies eating' haggis, or even Joshua gettin' hauled off by the po-pos.
ES: Pero la peor parte no fue una cabeza parlante en un bolso... ni los fenómenos comiendo haggis Ni siquiera cuando los policías se llevaron a Joshua
EN: I'm talking head to toe.
ES: De pies a cabeza.
EN: Yes, that's alright. "Don't gossip near a phone, a talking head is a treasure for a spy"
ES: No converse cerca de un teléfono, una cabeza hablando es un tesoro para un espía
EN: No, about a TV talking head that was involved in a car accident last year.
ES: No. De una figura de TV envuelta en un accidente el año pasado.
EN: Every talking head on TV says that is brilliant guarantees you a win, which it does, but not a big win.
ES: Todos los comentaristas de TV dicen que es brillante que le garantiza una victoria, pero no una gran victoria.
EN: listen, do you want to go to that party alone with that talking head of a slut throwing you shade?
ES: Escucha, ¿quieres ir sola a esa fiesta con esa cabeza parlante de zorra como sombra?
EN: Always want a talking head when a case comes up.
ES: Siempre quieren a alguien que hable cuando sale un caso.

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