Is there any idiom for "to say smth without thinking, spontaneously"? I've managed to find "to make a random guess". But maybe there is more common expression. I've dug through the whole Internet but

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Is there any idiom for "to say smth without thinking, spontaneously"? I've managed to find "to make a random guess". But maybe there is more common expression. I've dug through the whole Internet but couldn't find anything else.

7 dic 2016 05:26

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Hi Svetlana...

We use a word pretty common here in the United States.

Blurt

verb

say (something) suddenly and without careful consideration.

"she wouldn't blurt out words she did not mean"

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She blurted something out.

He blurted that out?

Why did you blurt that out?

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"to make a random guess." Wouldn't be something that related to blurting something that.

For example, we could say something like, "How many balls do you think are in this box, take a random guess."

You would try to guess how many you think are in there, a "random number." You could answer something like that with, "I think 155 balls are in there."

7 dicembre 2016

Perhaps "off the cuff" -- you can use it as an adjective (off the cuff remarks) or adverb (to say something off the cuff).

7 dicembre 2016

If you are looking for an idiom particularly, I think "Spur of the moment" comes close to your intended meaning.

Ex - Was it a spur of the moment talk?

Also,

Is your India trip a spur of the moment kind of adventure?

7 dicembre 2016

There are many phrases for different kinds of spontaneous speech.

One is "to babble." When I realize I've been speaking randomly for two long I'll apologize and say "I'm sorry, I guess I've just been babbling on."

To me, "to blurt" means to say accidentally say something that you didn't mean to say--something true but embarrassing to yourself or unflattering or hurtful to someone else.

"To speak extemporaneously" means to give a good, clear, coherent speech without having prepared or planned it.

8 dicembre 2016

Dan, thank you for "babble") This is a new word for me. And it's very useful) I'll deffinately add it to my vocabulary. I can't say the same about "extemporaneously". Honestly I had to pronounce this word for three times before I could read it correctly) It's kind of a tongue twister for me) I'll better stick to "off the cuff". And I agree with you about the definition for "blurt". Your description is just the way I see the meaning of this word.

8 dicembre 2016

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