talk sense

Idioms  

1. Speak rationally and coherently, as in Ranting and raving won't help; it's time we talked sense, or I wish you'd talk some sense into that son of yours. Shakespeare used this idiom in slightly different form in The Merry Wives of Windsor (2:1): “Believe it, Page, he speaks sense.”

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Example Sentences

China's announcement came hours after French President Emmanuel Macron left China following meetings with senior leaders, including President Xi Jinping, where Macron urged Beijing to talk sense to Russia over the war in Ukraine.

From Reuters • Apr. 8, 2023

“Before the election it was possible to talk sense to the president,” Barr said.

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2022

The former attorney general said that he “felt that before the election, it was possible to talk sense to the president.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2022

Embiid was among a small group of Sixers that tried to visit with Simmons in the offseason and talk sense into him, only to get rebuffed by the No. 1 pick of the 2016 draft.

From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2021

Woody held on to Wes’s arms and tried to talk sense to him, but Wes’s rage blocked out every word his friend said.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore