talk idly
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Imagining herself in Chelsea's predicament, Monica used to talk idly, Ginsburg says, about "poor Chelsea" having to live in a college dorm with Secret Service agents nearby.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chat, chat, v.i. to talk idly or familiarly:—pr.p. chat′ting; pa.p. chat′ted.—n. familiar, idle talk.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
He knew that now he must tend this monster forever, grease and wipe the ugly metal of it, and sit and talk idly to MacNamara, its keeper.
From The Hell Ship by Palmer, Raymond Alfred
"Boy, boy," said the veteran, averting his face to conceal the working of his muscles, "you talk idly; my word is now plighted to my kinsman Kit, and thy scheme is impracticable."
From The Pilot by Cooper, James Fenimore
Old man, you talk idly, as in time of peace, while war is at hand.
From The Iliad by Homer
