“My only gripe, and who am I to cavil at Shakespeare, is that Pacino and Irons do such a good job that the jiggery pokery at the end about rings and sworn faithfulness seems an irritant.”

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Present participle for stretch the truth

prevaricating

temporising^UK

temporizing^US

vacillating

beating about the bush

sidestepping the issue

beating around the bush

giving a false colour to

weaseling^US

weaselling^UK

cavilling^UK

balking^US

baulking^UK

dancing around an issue

worming one's way out of

shifting ground about

playing it close to the vest

giving the run around

playing your cards close to your chest

copping out of

beating about the bush about

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Present participle for to complain or raise objections

baulking^UK

balking^US

expressing objections

expressing disapproval

taking exception to

expressing objections to

expressing disagreement

lodging a protest against

expressing disapproval of

arguing against

raising objections to

expressing disagreement with

remonstrating against

having a problem with

drawing the line

grousing about

complaining about

taking a stand against

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

kicking up a fuss about

making an objection

making a stink

kicking up a stink about

cavilling^UK

expressing a poor opinion of

objecting strongly to

complaining vociferously about

taking something amiss

smarting

taking something the wrong way

speaking out

expressing opposition

taking up the cudgels

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Present participle for to criticize or find fault with

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

giving someone a bollocking

lacing to

letting someone have it

hauling over the coals

giving someone a caning

raking over the coals

giving someone a wigging

giving someone some stick

going on at

taking to task

taking to the woodshed

bringing to book

giving someone a mouthful

rapping over the knuckles

giving someone a dressing-down

giving someone an earful

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a rollicking

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone hell

putting on the mat

tearing off a strip

giving someone a rating

giving someone what for

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

having someone on the carpet

keeping after

slapping someone's wrist

giving the business

biting someone's head off

jumping down someone's throat

dishonoring^US

expressing disapproval of

cavilling^UK

giving a piece of one's mind

calling on the carpet

jumping down one's throat

pummelling^UK

telling a thing or two

reprimanding severely

counseling^US

counselling^UK

moralizing^US

moralising^UK

giving tongue-lashing

belaboring^US

giving someone a telling off

tearing someone a new one

potshotting

rapping across the knuckles

severely reprimanding

ragging on

making an example of

meting out punishment to

belabouring^UK

criticizing hatefully

eating out

cussing out

giving someone a carpeting

picking on

sorting out

coming down on like a ton of bricks

dragging over the coals

criticizing severely

laying out

rapping someone the knuckles

sending someone away with a flea in his

lowering the boom

giving the dickens

putting someone in their place

taking down a peg or two

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Present participle for to quibble over trivial matters

Verb

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Present participle for to nag persistently

Verb

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Present participle for to cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety to

Verb

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Present participle for to criticize or disparage adversely

knocking

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

pummelling^UK

casting aspersions on

throwing brickbats at

detracting from

giving a bad press to

giving something a battering

hauling over the coals

ostracizing^US

giving someone a roasting

ostracising^UK

scorning

giving someone a bad press

giving someone a rollicking

rapping over the knuckles

tearing off a strip

tearing apart

giving someone a bollocking

cavilling^UK

doing a hatchet job on

smearing

pouring scorn on

libeling^US

libelling^UK

hitting out at

assailing

dragging through the mud

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

dishonoring^US

bringing into disrepute

dragging through the mire

bringing discredit to

tarring and feathering

running smear campaign

spreading scandal about

deflating

finding lacking

lampooning

blackening the name of

look down one's nose at

sullying the reputation of

passing strictures upon

giving something a bad press

going for the jugular

blackening the reputation of

conducting a smear campaign against

letting someone have it

taking the piss out of

blackening the character of

taking the mickey

railing at

opposing

giving someone a dressing-down

jumping down one's throat

reviewing unfavorably

raking over the coals

giving a tongue-lashing

taking on

jumping down someone's throat

taking a dig at

holding forth against

showing someone up

treating contemptuously

thinking little of

looking down on

animadverting upon

dragging someone's name through the mud

jumping on one's case

snapping someone's head off

biting someone's head off

holding someone to blame

giving someone a wigging

ticking off

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone what for

giving someone a row

blowing up

giving someone an earful

pulling up

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone a rating

giving someone a caning

slapping down

negating

expressing a poor opinion of

disfavouring

disfavoring

remonstrating against

running a smear campaign against

lighting to

sticking it to

expressing disapprobation

thinking badly of

jumping all over

expressing disapprobation of

satirizing^US

holding up to ridicule

satirising^UK

treating with contempt

shooting full of holes

shouting disapproval at

jesting

blowing raspberries at

poking fun

putting on

making a crack

laughing out of court

giving the Bronx cheer to

giving a hard time

demonizing^US

jinxing

demonising^UK

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Present participle for argue about petty and trivial matters

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

having a disagreement

fighting like cat and dog

going at it hammer and tongs

having a misunderstanding

cavilling^UK

duelling^UK

dueling^US

having an altercation

exchanging views

jumping on one's case

putting up a struggle

having at each other

getting in one's face

jumping on each other

carrying on hostilities

bombarding

joining battle

engaging in combat

taking the field against

engaging in hostilities

skirmishing with

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Present participle for dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something

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