shoot the breeze

1. They expected me to sit up and shoot the breeze with them till one or two in the morning
   他们希望我晚上熬夜陪他们聊天到凌晨一两点。
2. Let me buy you a cup of coffee and we'll sit down and shoot the breeze for a few minutes.
   我来请你喝杯咖啡，让我们坐下来聊一会儿。
3. But it was raining so hard last night I just stayed in the dorm to sit around and shoot the breeze with a couple of friends.
   但是昨晚下的太大了，所以我就待在宿舍里和几个朋友闲扯了。
4. We like to shoot the breeze during the break.
   我们喜欢在休息是闲聊。
5. The auditors used to come in and do nothing but shoot the breeze for forty minutes.
   查帐队员一来，往往啥事也不干，先吹上四十分钟的牛。
6. They chew the fat, shoot the breeze and swap anecdotes about random subjects: work, family, news, weather, hobbies, etc.
   人们就工作、家庭、新闻、天气、爱好等聊聊天，侃侃大山，交换一些奇闻轶事。

verb

1. talk socially without exchanging too much information
   1. the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

   Synonym:    chew the fatchatconfabulateconfabchitchatchit-chatchatterchaffernattergossipjawclavervisit