rant and rave

To complain angrily, forcefully, and at great length (about someone or something). You should spend less time ranting and raving about how unfair your professor is and spend more time actually studying the material. He was quite upset when he came home, so I let him rant and rave for a little while until he calmed down.

See also: and, rant, rave

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

rant and rave (about someone or something)

to shout angrily and wildly about someone or something. Barbara rants and raves when her children don't obey her. Bob rants and raves about anything that displeases him.

See also: and, rant, rave

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

rant and rave

Talk loudly and vehemently, especially in anger, as in There you go again, ranting and raving about the neighbor's car in your driveway. This idiom is a redundancy, since rant and rave mean just about the same thing, but probably survives on account of its alliterative appeal.

See also: and, rant, rave

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

ˌrant and ˈrave

(disapproving) show that you are angry by shouting or complaining loudly for a long time: He stood there for about twenty minutes ranting and raving about the colour of the new paint.

See also: and, rant, rave

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

rant and rave, to

To speak wildly and angrily about some circumstance or issue. This expression was first recorded as rave and rant, or literally, “raived and ranted,” in James MacManus’s The Bend of the Road (1898). The turnaround came soon thereafter and the term always appears in this form today. David Leavitt used it in Family Dancing (1984), “It’s easy for you to just stand there and rant and rave.”

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释义	rant and rave rant and rave To complain angrily, forcefully, and at great length (about someone or something). You should spend less time ranting and raving about how unfair your professor is and spend more time actually studying the material. He was quite upset when he came home, so I let him rant and rave for a little while until he calmed down. See also: and, rant, rave Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. rant and rave (about someone or something) to shout angrily and wildly about someone or something. Barbara rants and raves when her children don't obey her. Bob rants and raves about anything that displeases him. See also: and, rant, rave McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. rant and rave Talk loudly and vehemently, especially in anger, as in There you go again, ranting and raving about the neighbor's car in your driveway. This idiom is a redundancy, since rant and rave mean just about the same thing, but probably survives on account of its alliterative appeal. See also: and, rant, rave The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. ˌrant and ˈrave (disapproving) show that you are angry by shouting or complaining loudly for a long time: He stood there for about twenty minutes ranting and raving about the colour of the new paint. See also: and, rant, rave Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary rant and rave, to To speak wildly and angrily about some circumstance or issue. This expression was first recorded as rave and rant, or literally, “raived and ranted,” in James MacManus’s The Bend of the Road (1898). The turnaround came soon thereafter and the term always appears in this form today. David Leavitt used it in Family Dancing (1984), “It’s easy for you to just stand there and rant and rave.” See also: and, rant The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: rant and rave, to rave rant against rant against (someone or something) be joined at the hip noodle around traipse traipse around spend (something) on (someone or something) spend on References in periodicals archive It baffles me that she will watch what I want with zero problems yet I'll rant and rave at stuff she watches. Comedy's hot property homes in on top telly; The comic, 38, is moved to tears by moving house and goes footie crazy (NASDAQ: UPLD) has acquired UK-based customer engagement solutions provider Rant and Rave, the company said. Upland Software Acquires UK-Based Rant/Rave for USD 58m I rave just much "I didn't rant and rave at half-time, I just said we were much better than that and had to reach our levels. Armstrong's half-time pep talk puts sparkle back into Spartans; VANARAMA NORTH There are many who keep silent but work just as hard, or even more, much more than those who like to rant and rave. How many Jews did Oscar Schindler save? 'Live from the heart' in 2017 MIDLAND firm Rant and Rave is flying the flag for the West Midlands in an awards ceremony hailed the biggest celebration of small business in the UK. Rant and Rave fly regional flag; INSIDE BIZ Thanks to the I'm All Right Jack Brigade, the decent, conscientious poor and needy are suffering, our young people have got zilch to look forward to and all the rest of us can do is rant and rave because there's no solidarity anymore. We deserve this mess; You Say You don't have to rant and rave and be a bully to be a good captain. Dann's the man to skipper City; Coleman wants striker on board for Saturday's big kick-off And he suggests that the manager's meticulous preparation prevents the need for him to "rant and rave" on the touchline. Football: This isn't the time to blame the boss - Kiely It would be easy to rant and rave at our council leaders but it appears they have a degree of support for the position they are in. Editorial Comment Capital's citizens the losers yet again I agree with Theresa Ruth Howard's "Rant and Rave" (July) about dancing as an African-American ballerina. Body issues Eventually Robertson will be too old and infirm to rant and rave on the air. The end of the line for Pat Robertson? With few exceptions--for example, when Rose Troche writes and directs--I turn off the TV each week, and my partner and I rant and rave in great distress. Lame-duck lesbians? Well, there is a little text, a rant and rave about the Internet. Chowderd, #1 These and other intellectuals will return throughout the book to comment, even to rant and rave, about the character, morals, and aspirations of the three categories of nameless women. The New Japanese Woman: Modernity, Media, and Women in Interwar Japan They shuffle like zombies or rant and rave in chorus in sequences that build to a crescendo, and then fall into silent stares of exhaustion. Catherine Sullivan: Angel Orensanz Foundation/Whitney Museum of American Art
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