Skill in talking

To be a good sales agent you need to have the gift of gab to convince anyone of anything

Per fare il rappresentante di commercio bisogna avere una parlantina sciolta per poter convincere tutti di tutto

My brother's gift of the gab helped him get a very good job

Mio fratello ha ottenuto un ottimo posto di lavoro grazie anche alla sua bella parlantina

Gab may derive from "gob", an old word from Scotch and Gaelic dialects, meaning "mouth". Alternatively, it may be related to French "gaber" (to boast) or to "gabble" (foolish chatter) from Middle Dutch "gabbelen"