carp

carp about (someone or something)

To complain about someone or something, especially in a way that others find annoying. Oh boy, which dead president is Grandpa carping about today? If you hate your job so much, quit carping about it and look for a new one!
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carp at (one)

To complain to one about someone or something, especially in a way that one finds annoying. If you hate your job so much, quit carping at me about it and look for a new one!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

carp about someone or something

to complain about someone or something. You are always carping about all your petty problems at work. Stop carping about Randy!
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carp at someone (about someone or something)

to complain to someone about someone or something. Why are you always carping at me about your family? You are always carping at Joan about her brother.
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carp at someone or something

to criticize someone or something. Poor Clara is carping at Bill's carelessness again. Please stop carping at me.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • carp about
  • carp about (someone or something)
  • carp at
  • carp at (one)
  • complain about
  • complain about (someone or something)
  • be a pain in the neck
  • care for
  • care for (someone or something)
  • come the old soldier
References in periodicals archive
Don Howston used a white chocolate boilie to tempt a 33lb carp when he fished the Specimen Lake at White Springs and 16-year-old Tom Bryant banked a 31.75lb fish.
Jake proves the real McCoy with his Riverside haul
Gavin Davies, from Caerphilly, used boilies to catch carp to 12.5lb as did Pencoed angler Jeff Butler whose carp ran to 12.75lb.
Lewis shines in the dark at Sevenoaks
Movement and spatial distribution of common carp in a South Dakota glacial lake system: Implications for management and removal.
Carp movement & habitat
In the papers last week I read about the capture once again of a special carp called Two-tone.
Carp-bait ingredients were like something from a Delia recipe; angling It's obvious these coarse anglers have taken fishing to a higher level
GREEN'S LANE PONDS, Lydiate, 07808 764374: Good fishing for skimmer bream, carp, roach and perch.
FISHERIES
Although the carp was introduced to Australia in the 1850s as an ornamental fish, it had little impact until the 1960s when the Boolarra strain was released from a fish farm into the Murray River, near Mildura, Victoria.
Carp crusades: Steve Davidson gives the European carp a fair trial, and outlines a potential genetic route to its long-term management
Carp defines secrecy as the deprivation of information to someone who wants or needs it.
Family Matters: Secrecy and Disclosure in the History of Adoption
"That's the beauty of the bighead carp - you don't have to feed it," explains Freeman.
Canned carp tops taste test
A 17.5lb carp was the best of 19 banked by Cardiff angler Paul Worsley and he had a dozen bream to 5lb to go with them.
Rich pickings for Nuthman makes him a City slicker; ANGLING LINES WITH RON COUSINS
Bighead and silver carp numbers have increased dramatically in the Mississippi River basin and have been caught as far north as Minnesota.
Asian carps
BANNISTER FARM, Southport 01704 821474: Try larger baits to sort out the bigger carp and bream.
FISHERIES
The crucian carp (Carassius carassius) has long been recognized as a champion survivor, thriving even in shallow ponds that freeze over during long Northern winters.
Beat goes on: carp heart keeps pace when fish lacks oxygen