cut the cackle

cut the cackle
разг.; груб.
перестать болтать (обыкн. употр. в повелительном наклонении; отсюда cackle-cutting) [часть выражения cut the cackle and come to the horses или osses; см. cut the cackle and come to the horses]

‘Guin, Alice wants to see you before you go. She's in a spot. Her sister Mary is pregnant.’ ‘...A Parker prego? Did I hear right?’ ‘You heard.’ ‘Holy mackerel. I didn't think they had it in them.’ ‘Cut the cackle.’ (D. Cusack and F. James, ‘Come in Spinner’, ‘Monday II’) — - Гвин, Алиса хочет до твоего ухода с тобой поговорить. У них беда. Ее сестра Мэри в положении. - ...Одна из семьи Паркеров попала в беду? Я правильно расслышала? - Совершенно правильно. - Вот это да! Я думала, такое с ними случиться не может. - Хватит болтать!

I shall cut out any further cackle and draw your attention to these three maps. (A. Wilson, ‘A Bit off the Map and Other Stories’, ‘A Bit off the Map’) — Больше не буду утомлять вас своей болтовней. Обратите внимание на эти три карты.

‘And tell your kiddar to get rid of it - guns lead to nothin' but trouble.’ ‘Aw, cut the cackle,’ he said. (S. Chaplin, ‘The Day of the Sardine’, ch. IX) — - Да скажи своему брату, чтоб он от этой игрушки избавился: от них одни несчастья. - Ладно, кончай каркать, - сказал Носарь.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • cut the cackle — (informal) To stop the aimless chattering (and come to the point) • • • Main Entry: ↑cackle …   Useful english dictionary

  • cut the cackle — ► cut the cackle informal stop talking aimlessly and come to the point. Main Entry: ↑cackle …   English terms dictionary

  • cut the cackle —    If you tell a group of people to cut the cackle, you are asking them …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • cut the cackle — informal stop talking aimlessly and come to the point. → cackle …   English new terms dictionary

  • cut the cackle and come to the 'osses or horses —  Get down to business. Leave out the non essentials and come to the part that matters …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • cut the cackle! —  Be quiet! …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • cackle — ► NOUN ▪ a raucous clucking cry, as made by a hen or goose. ► VERB 1) give a cackle. 2) talk inconsequentially and at length. ● cut the cackle Cf. ↑cut the cackle ORIGIN p …   English terms dictionary

  • cackle — [kak′əl] vi. cackled, cackling [ME cakelen; akin to Du kokkelen, LowG kakkeln < IE base * kak : of echoic orig.] 1. to make the shrill, broken vocal sounds of a hen 2. to laugh or chatter with similar sounds vt. to utter in a cackling manner n …   English World dictionary

  • cackle — n. & v. n. 1 a clucking sound as of a hen or a goose. 2 a loud silly laugh. 3 noisy inconsequential talk. v. 1 intr. emit a cackle. 2 intr. talk noisily and inconsequentially. 3 tr. utter or express with a cackle. Phrases and idioms: cut the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cackle — verb 1》 (of a hen or goose) give a raucous clucking cry.     ↘laugh in a loud, harsh way. 2》 talk inconsequentially and at length. noun a cackling sound. Phrases cut the cackle informal stop talking aimlessly and come to the point. Origin ME:… …   English new terms dictionary

  • cackle — [c]/ˈkækəl / (say kakuhl) verb (cackled, cackling) –verb (i) 1. to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as a hen after laying an egg. 2. to laugh brokenly. 3. to chatter noisily. –verb (t) 4. to utter with cackles; express by cackling. –noun 5.… …  


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