cavil at (one)
cavil 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 caviling at me about it and look for a new one!
See also: cavil
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
cavil at someone
to find fault with someone; to complain about someone constantly. Will you never cease caviling at all of us? There is no need to cavil at me day and night!
See also: cavil
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- (one) could use (something)
- 1FTR
- drive (one) out of office
- force (one) out of office
- force out of office
- give (one) (one's) head
- give head
- give somebody their head
- give someone their head
- as one door closes, another one opens