preach at (one)
preach at (one)
To deliver a stern, moralistic lecture to one (about something). I wish you would stop preaching at me about my spending habits, Dad. The priest spends every Sunday preaching at us about the same old sins and vices.
See also: preach
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
preach at someone
to lecture or moralize at someone. Don't preach at me! I don't need any of your moralizing. I really don't wish to be preached at.
See also: preach
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- preach at
- preach to
- preach to (one)
- preach about
- preach about (something)
- nag
- nag at
- nag at (one)
- preach
- convert