always harp on

Frequency: 6.02.5 per million words

To repeatedly mention or complain about something.

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Examples (10)

  • He is always harping on about the war.
  • My boss always harps on about the importance of punctuality.
  • She always harps on the same old mistakes I made years ago.
  • Why do you always have to harp on my shortcomings?
  • He promised he would stop, but he always harps on his financial problems.
  • The coach would always harp on the fundamentals during practice.
  • I'm tired of him; he always harps on how much better things were in his day.
  • Politicians always seem to harp on the same few issues during an election campaign.
  • Please don't always harp on what went wrong; let's focus on the solution.
  • My mother always harps on me to clean my room, no matter how tidy it is.