now you're talking

now you're talking
now you're talking (informal)
Now you are saying something I want to hear, or something important or to the point
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Main Entry:talk

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now you’re talking spoken phrase
used for showing that you are pleased with an offer that someone is making

‘OK, I’ll give you £900.’ ‘Now you’re talking!’

Thesaurus: ways of expressing happiness and pleasuresynonym
Main entry: talk

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I
used to express one's enthusiastic agreement with or approval of a statement or suggestion

The Beatles! Now you're talking

II
see now

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now you're talking — see talk, 1
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Main Entry:now
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now you're talking
informal
— used to say that someone has said or suggested something that you think is good, worth doing, etc.

“You don't want hamburgers. Well, how about steak?” “Yeah, now you're talking.”

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Main Entry:talk

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now you're ˈtalking idiom
(informal) used when you like what sb has suggested very much
Main entry:talkidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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