always harp on
Frequency: 6.02.5 per million words
To repeatedly mention or complain about something.
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- 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.