rant and rave

Idioms and Phrases

Talk loudly and vehemently, especially in anger, as in There you go again, ranting and raving about the neighbor's car in your driveway . This idiom is a redundancy, since rant and rave mean just about the same thing, but probably survives on account of its alliterative appeal.

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