harping on
Beating dead horse
To harp on something is to talk about it repeatedly and tediously, dwelling on a point long past when others have heard enough: She keeps harping on about the project deadline.
The image is of someone plucking the same string over and over.
Usually implies the speaker finds the repetition tiresome or nagging.
- belaboringOverworking a point
- naggingPersistent bothering or complaining
- obsessingThinking about compulsively
- one track mindObsessive focus on one subject
- reiteratingStating something anew
beating a dead horse · broken record · same old story · dwelling · annoying · fixating · won't let it go · insisting · perseverating · rehashing · going on and on · pestering · dinning · badgering · ruminating · ad nauseam · bothering · driving me crazy
harping onletting it go
moving on · changing the subject · glossing over · saying nothing · brushing aside
harping onletting go
Releasing one's grasp
releasing · accepting · shrugging off · dismissing · forgetting about
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