"talk shop" in Chinese (Simplified)

谈工作谈业务

Definition

在通常的社交场合里讨论与自己工作相关的话题，可能让其他人觉得无聊。

非正式用语，通常带有轻微批评意味，用于指在非正式场合谈论工作。常见表达有“别谈工作了”。强调在社交聚会中避免全是与工作有关的对话。

Let's not talk shop at dinner tonight.

今晚吃饭时我们**别谈工作**。

They always talk shop even on holiday.

他们即使度假时也总是**谈工作**。

Please don't talk shop at the party.

请不要在派对上**谈工作**。

As soon as they met, the engineers started to talk shop.

工程师们一见面就开始**谈工作**。

I get bored when my friends talk shop all night.

我的朋友们整晚**谈工作**时我觉得很无聊。

We promised not to talk shop, but somehow we ended up discussing our projects.

我们答应不**谈工作**，但最后还是讨论了各自的项目。