piss and moan

piss and moan

To grumble, gripe, or complain excessively and/or in an annoying fashion. My daughter has reached the age where she pisses and moans about everything we ask her to do. Well, if you spent less time pissing and moaning and more time doing your work, you'd be finished a heck of a lot sooner!
See also: and, moan, piss
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • moan about
  • moan about (someone or something)
  • beef about
  • beef about (someone or something)
  • beef about someone/something
  • grumble
  • grumble about
  • grumble about (someone or something)
  • groan
References in periodicals archive
Some guys piss and moan about the smallest chip on a deck.
Jesse Vieira
It's the perfect soundtrack for an evening when you crack open a two-sixer and find that sympathetic ear to listen to you piss and moan about the fact she's gone.
Mary Gauthier