{v. phr.}, {slang} To talk. * /Jim shot the breeze with his neighbor while the children were playing./ * /Come into the kitchen and we'll bat the breeze over a cup of coffee./ * /The women were shooting the breeze about Jim's latest trouble with the police./ * /The fishermen were shooting the bull about the school of sail fish they had seen./
SHOOT THE BULL
Meaning of SHOOT THE BULL in English
Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012