get on someone's case

English

Alternative forms

on someone's case, be on someone's case; all variants of earlier on someone's back

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(informal) To lecture, berate, or complain to somebody, especially to find fault or criticize.
His boss was always getting on his case about his standards of dress, even though he worked well and seldom left the back room.

Synonyms

harangue, harass

Translations

lecture, berate or complain to somebody

Chinese:
Mandarin: 挑錯／挑错 (tiāocuò), 挑剔 (zh) (tiāoti), 找岔子 (zh) (zhǎo chàzi)
Finnish: saarnata (fi), morkata (fi), kitistä (fi), narista (fi), marmattaa (fi), valittaa (fi), moittia (fi), urputtaa (fi)
Russian: please add this translation if you can

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