词汇 | harp |
释义 | harp noun 1 a harmonica US, 1887. 2 an Irish-American or an Irish person US, 1898 harp on harp on about sth BrE to talk about something so much that it is boring or annoying: He was one of those old guys who are constantly harping on about the war. Chico's main interest was football and he couldn't stop harping on about the subject.■ SIMILAR TO: go on about sth informal, bang on about sth BrE informal harp on one stringTo dwell tediously and repeatedly upon a single subject or topic, especially in complaint. Likened to playing the same note over and over again on a harp. Mark is always harping on one string about how little money he makes. I wish he would come up with something new to talk about! I get it, you don't like your job. Quit harping on one string! harp on the same stringTo dwell tediously and repeatedly upon a single subject or topic, especially in complaint. Likened to playing the same note over and over again on a harp. Mark is always harping on the same string about how little money he makes. I wish he would come up with something new to talk about! I get it, you don't like your job. Quit harping on the same string! harp away at (someone or something)To complain about or dwell upon someone or something repeatedly and to the point of tediousness. Mark is always harping away at how little money he makes. I wish he would come up with something new to talk about! You need to stop harping away at your boss and just quit already! harp on (someone or something)To persistently and annoyingly discuss or mention something. It was one mistake—why do you keep harping on it? harp on someone or somethingFig. to keep talking or complaining about someone or something; to refer to someone or something again and again. I wish you would quit harping on Jeff all the time. He couldn't be all that bad. Stop harping on my mistakes and work on your own. keep harping on somethingto continue to talk or complain about something; to keep raising a topic of conversation. (See also something">harp on something.) Why do you keep harping on the same old complaint? You keep harping on my problems and ignore your own! harp onDwell on; talk or write about to a tedious and excessive extent. For example, She kept harping on the fact that she had no household help at all. This expression is a shortening of harp on the same string, meaning "to play the same note over and over." It was first recorded in 1518. harp on the same stringdwell tediously on one subject.harp onv. To talk about something to an excessive and tedious degree; dwell on something: Every day my teacher harps on the importance of getting to class on time. |
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