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The English We Speak from BBC Learning English.
Hello and welcome to the English We.
Speak with me, Fei Fei and me, Roy.
We may sound a little different.
That's because we're not able to record in our normal studios during the coronavirus outbreak.
In this program, we have a phrase that means to keep talking about something, usually in a boring or annoying way.
You kept talking about some band this morning.
What were you banging on about?
What do you mean banging on?
I wasn't hitting anything this morning with a pan.
I was just talking about music with Neil.
Exactly.
You were talking about it so much and I was trying to work.
Banging on about something isn't literal.
And why would you mention a pan?
It means you were talking about something to a level that it became annoying.
Ah.
The way in which you kept talking about that film Unicorns Eat Bananas in the Stars.