drone on
Related to drone on: nefarious
drone on
To talk at length in a monotone. If you keep droning on like this, you're going to put your audience to sleep. A: "The professor's already been droning on about polynomials for an hour." B: "Oh, so that's why I lost interest an hour ago!"
See also: drone, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
drone on (about someone or something)
to lecture or narrate in a low-pitched, dull, and boring manner. The dull old professor droned on about Byron—or was it Keats? It was Shelley and, yes, he did drone on.
See also: drone, on
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- drone
- drone out
- rolling buzz
- lull (one) to sleep
- lull to sleep
- pop into
- hold at
- at great length
- explain
- torque