blue streak

Example Sentences

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His preternatural command of language was evident by the time he was 5, as an adult cousin from Canada noted in a letter to his mother after visiting England: “He sure talks a blue streak and when he talks one would almost think he was a speaking dictionary.”

From New York Times

The toddler can talk a blue streak and likes an audience.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Lois, a bald, bulky, arm-waving tsunami who talked a blue streak with a Bronx accent, scoffed at the idea, and in a CNN report in 2012 he insisted that “Mad Men,” with its depiction of compulsive smoking, boozing and womanizing, grossly misrepresented the advertising milieu he knew.

From New York Times

A normal hit gives a blue streak.

From The Verge

That means swearing a blue streak, the way he does, or trying to out-do someone or impress them.

From BBC