keep harping on Idiom

a bee in her bonnet

upset, a bit angry, on edge Aunt Betsy was kind of cranky, like she had a bee in her bonnet.

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

a caution

a bold or shocking person, no shrinking violet She is a caution! She told the judge he was all wrong.

a common thread

an idea or theme that is similar to others There's a common thread in most of Berton's stories.

a contract out on

a contract that pays to have someone killed There's a contract out on Mike. The boss doesn't like him.

a coon's age

many years, a dog's age We haven't been out to the coast in a coon's age. It's been years.

a crush on

sudden feeling of love or romance Judy has a crush on Tim. See the way she looks at him.

a fly on the wall

able to hear and see what a fly would see and hear I'd like to be a fly on the wall in the Judge's chambers.

a fool and his money are soon parted

"a fool will spend all his money quickly; easy come, easy go" After he had spent his fortune, he remembered this saying: A fool and his money are soon parted.

a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

keep harping on (someone or something)

1. To abide to discuss, mention, or ache about article in a actual assiduous and acid manner. I ambition you would stop harping on my mistake. I said I was sorry! He said he admired the movie, but again he kept harping on all the problems he had with it.2. To annoy or annoy addition frequently or always (about something). My parents accumulate harping on me to try harder in school, but I aloof don't affliction about any of my classes. I don't appetite to accumulate harping on you about this issue, but I absolutely charge it to be bound today.Learn more: harp, keep, on

keep harping on something

to abide to allocution or accuse about something; to accumulate adopting a affair of conversation. (Learn added harp on something.) Why do you accumulate harping on the aforementioned old complaint? You accumulate harping on my problems and avoid your own!Learn more: harp, keep, on

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