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look who's talking
Idioms and Phrases
You're in no position to criticize, as in I wish Kate would be on time for once.—You do? Look who's talking! This colloquial idiom dates from the mid-1900s, although another version, you can't talk , is a century or so older.Example Sentences
Hoping, perhaps, to avoid the creepy woman/child of the final “Twilight†movies, Villeneuve gives us instead a prenatal version of Alia — “Look Who’s Talking Dune: A Womb With a View.â€
Other pieces take center stage, like the 24 photos in the middle of the room, all from her series “Look Who’s Talking.â€
A representative for Fox told The Times that the tribute will feature an image of the “Look Who’s Talking†actor on the show with the message, “In Loving Memory of Kirstie Alley.â€
“The Masked Singer†will join a slew of Hollywood personalities who remembered Alley, including her “Look Who’s Talking†co-star John Travolta.
Kirstie Alley, an Emmy Award-winning comic actress best remembered for playing high-strung bar manager Rebecca Howe on NBC’s hit TV show “Cheers†from 1987 to 1993 and who also starred in the “Look Who’s Talking†verbal-baby film franchise, died Dec. 5 at 71.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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