Synonyms for harps upon
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hahrp |
| Phonetic Transcription : hɑrp |
Définition of harps upon
Origin :- Old English hearpian; see harp (n.). Cognate with Middle Dutch, Dutch harpen, Middle High German harpfen, German harfen. Figurative sense of "talk overmuch" (about something) first recorded mid-15c., originally to harp upon one string. Related: Harped; harping.
- As in harp on : verb repeat
- We may almost say that he harps upon the theme of “friendship and esteem.”
- Extract from : « Swift » by Leslie Stephen
- The brethren at Okkak likewise hung their harps upon the willows.
- Extract from : « The Moravians in Labrador » by Anonymous
- "There we hung our harps upon the willows," added Ruth, throwing her shawl on a branch overhead.
- Extract from : « 'Our guy' » by Mrs. E. E. Boyd
- When the muses can no longer decorate her altars with their garlands, then they hang their harps upon the willows and weep.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
- But I am ashamed to think I have given her room to believe it no marriage: that's what she harps upon!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
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