Hello everybody! Our idiom of the day is ”Chew the fat,” which means "to chat or gossip.” Also, “chew the rag.”⠀ Before the 1880s in Britain, chew the fat meant “to grumble or complain,” and chew the rag also has been used in this way. Today both expressions are largely synonyms for a friendly talk or gossip session. Why this idiom uses fat and rag is not known, but some speculate that fat refers to juicy items of gossip and rag to ladies' sewing circles and the cloth they worked on while chatting. You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms
