Shoot the Breeze

Shoot the Breeze

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A breeze is a light wind.

What do you think this American idiom means?

SHOOT THE BREEZE

Is this about hunting air?

I’m going to the beach with my friends.

I’m so excited to just hang out and shoot the breeze.

Sounds like a great plan.

Nothing beats relaxing on the beach and shooting the breeze with good friends.

This expression comes from the old west, when cowboys would fire their guns in the air _at nothing _just for fun.

These days, shooting the breeze actually has nothing to do with shooting guns.

If you say you are shooting the breeze, you are taking about things that are not very deep or important.

And that’s English in a minute!