Have you ever been in a conversation with someone who talks so fast that it makes your head spin? After interactions such as these, you may say something like, “He sure talks a mile a minute!” or “That guy really talks a blue streak”—an American English expression referencing the speed of a lightning bolt. In British English, saying someone “talks nineteen to the dozen” is more common, likely implying the speaker is squeezing in 19 words where others could only fit in 12. SEE IT HERE