少講廢話cut the cackle

Iris and Henrietta were having a chat. "Cackle, cackle, cackle," Irissaid, and "Cackle, cackle, double cackle," Henrietta replied.

They were making these fascinating sounds because that's thenature of hens. When hens make noises we say they "cackle" (咯咯叫).

At that moment, Mr Swenson appeared and interrupted theirchatter (閒談). "I wish you two would cut the cackle and find me someeggs!" he complained. Cut the cackle is a colloquialism, and it means"stop talking".