jaw at

jaw at (one)

To talk, lecture, or preach to one, especially at length or in a very boring manner. OK, everyone, I know I've been jawing at you all morning, so why don't we take a short break? She spent the whole evening jawing at me about her boring research on insect biology.
See also: jaw
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

jaw at someone

Fig. to lecture at someone; to talk endlessly to someone. Please stop jawing at me. You are jawing at me too much lately.
See also: jaw
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • jaw at (one)
  • carry (someone or something) along with (someone or something)
  • carry along
  • a drag
  • dip out
  • a one-horse town
  • one-horse town
  • jaw about
  • jaw about (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
Investigators found the partial jaw at the Hadar site, where prior work yielded the remains of "Lucy" and other members of Australopithecus afarensis.
A preliminary estimate, based on known ages of rodent fossils found at the same site, places the primate jaw at somewhere between 10 million and 15 million years old, Conroy says.