rant and rave, to
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
- rant and rave
- 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