talk fast and looseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

talk fast and loose (三人称単数 現在形 talks fast かつ loose, 現在分詞 talking fast かつ loose, 過去形および過去分詞形 talked fast かつ loose)

1. To speak with little regard to accuracy.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 297:

     "Folks will talk so much about things they don't understand, my dear Marit," she said; "they talk fast and loose, and, as for the fell-maker, he may understand sheep's skin well enough, but sickness and changelings he knows nothing about, I say and maintain!"