squawk about (someone or something)
squawk about (someone or something)
1. To talk about something in a loud, grating, obnoxious manner. He's spent the last half an hour squawking about the new girl he's dating. A: "What's Mary squawking about now?" B: "Oh, she's off on some long-winded explanation of postmodernism."
2. To complain about something in a loud, grating, peevish manner. If I have to listen to him squawk about the election for the next hour, I'm going to scream.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
squawk about something
to complain about something. stop squawking about how much money you lost. I lost twice as much. What are you squawking about now?
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- squawk about
- be going great guns
- if (one) is a day
- if he is a day
- if he's, she's, etc. a day
- rattle off
- snatching
- cradle-snatching
- dirt nap
- French leave