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    Se puede usar cualquiera de las dos preposiciones en este caso (TALKING ABOUT / OF) Cual es la diferencia gracias!!
    Those phrases which start with like, also suggest that we are talking about/of an idiom, for example “like a bat out of hell”, “like water off a duck’s back”.

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    You should say "talk about." We do not say "talk of."

    "...talking about an idiom" would be correct.


    Source: American English (self)

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    But we do say "speak of". For example: Were you speaking of an idiom in Spanish? I was talking about one in English.

    Cuando estamos hablando de una persona, y, de repente, ésta entra, decimos “Speak of the devil”!
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    E.g. talk about something with somebody. I use this English-Spanish dictionary and it helps me a lot. :-)

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    Default Re: talk about/ talk of

    Talk about something.

    But, you can say, for example: There is talk of ...
    This refers in a general and passive sense to communication about a topic.
    For example, a worker having heard different people say different things about the possibility of lay-offs might say that "there is talk of lay-offs".

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