harp on

harp  (härp) n. 1. Music a. An instrument having an upright triangular frame consisting of a pillar, a curved neck, and a hollow back containing the sounding board, with usually 46 or 47 strings of graded lengths that are played by plucking with the fingers. b. Any of various ancient and modern instruments of similar construction. c. Informal A harmonica. 2. Something, such as a pair of vertical supports for a lampshade, that resembles a harp. intr.v. harped, harp·ing, harps To play a harp. Phrasal Verb: harp on To talk or write about to an excessive and tedious degree; dwell on. [Middle English, from Old English hearpe and from Old French harpe, of Germanic origin.] harper n. harpist n.

harp for a lampshade

Thesaurus

harp on

verb go on, reiterate, dwell on, labour, press, repeat, rub in She concentrated on the good parts instead of harping on about the bad.

Translations

? harp on

vi (inf) to harp on something → auf etw (dat) → herumreiten; he’s always harping on about the need for … → er spricht ständig von der Notwendigkeit +gen → …; she’s always harping on about her problems → sie lamentiert ständig über ihre Probleme, sie jammert einem dauernd die Ohren voll mit ihren Problemen (inf); she is always harping on the same theme → es ist immer die alte Leier or das alte Lied bei ihr