strictly speaking

(informal) you must be joking!, yeah right! (expresses incredulity)

to make small talk, to chit-chat

to make small talk, to chit-chat

to talk for the sake of talking, to waffle, to blow smoke

to speak for oneself

(informal) my eye; yeah, right; tell it to the marines!

(figuratively) to talk under one's breath, to mutter, to mumble

(figuratively) to talk under one's breath, to mutter, to mumble

to set tongues wagging, to make waves, to hit the headlines, to get oneself talked about, to be the talk of the town