| Russian | English |
| говорить очень о многом | be very telling (быть (очень) говорящим/показательным: He says he likes to run, but he's had the same running shoes for years. That's very telling.  hinative.com Shabe) |
| говорить о многом | speak books (george serebryakov) |
| говорить о многом | tell volumes |
| говорить о многом | speak volumes (for) |
| говорить о наболевшем | cry out for (Interex) |
| говорить о разных вещах | talk at cross purposes ("Excuse me, Dr. Armstrong, I think we are a little at cross-purposes," said my friend, with dignity. • A flush of vexation passed over her expressive face. "We have been talking at cross purposes," said she. (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) • "There's always another woman," she said quietly. "At some time or other. It's not necessarily fatal. We're talking at cross purposes, aren't we? We are not even talking about the same thing, perhaps." (Raymond Chandler) ART Vancouver) |
| говорить о разных вещах | talk at cross-purposes (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| говорить о чём-то | be on about (talk about Interex) |
| говорить с гордостью о сделанном вами | bragging rights (Interex) |
| забыть, о чём только что говорил | lose train of thought (Mira_G) |
| имя ни о чём не говорит | what's in a name? (Andrey Truhachev) |
| имя ни о чём не говорит | names mean nothing (Andrey Truhachev) |
| не о чем говорить | end of story (Vadim Rouminsky) |
| не переставать думать или говорить о | be like a dog with a bone (чем-то; to refuse to stop thinking about or talking about a subject (On the subject of fathers' rights, he's like a dog with a bone.) Scarlett_dream) |
| о чём ты говоришь? | for Pete's sake! ("Please--please--please leave me out of it," she whispered. "I'll give you more money. I'll give you all the money you want." "For Pete's sake. You've already given me more than I'd keep. It isn't money I want." (Raymond Chandler)) |
| о чём я и говорю! | that's what I keep telling everyone! |
| он знает, о чём говорит | he surely knows his onions when he speaks about (Coun. Steve Hayes is another councillor whose words are weighty when it comes to Birkenhead's situation. He was taken to the town at age two and he surely knows his onions when he speaks about the town. (YouTube) ART Vancouver) |
| то что говорить о ... ? | what price something? (And if our political leaders fail to set a firm example, what price the fashion industry itself? • If even animals can't feel welcome and at home in Caledonia stern and wild, what price people? 4uzhoj) |
| это говорит о многом | that's saying a lot (VLZ_58) |
| это кому-либо ни о чём не говорит | it does not convey anything to one's mind |
| это ни о чём не говорит | it does not convey anything to mind (кому-либо) |
