carp

carpe

Grand poisson des lacs et des rivières, souvent élevé pour être mangé.

En anglais simple : A large fish that lives in lakes and rivers and is often raised for food.

• A carp swam beneath the bridge.
• We caught three carp in the lake.
• The pond is full of large carp.

Expressions courantes : common carp, catch a carp, carp fishing

ergoter, critiquer

Se plaindre ou critiquer sans cesse, surtout à propos de détails sans importance.

En anglais simple : To keep complaining or criticizing, especially about small, unimportant things.

• Please stop carping about the weather.
• He carped at every small mistake.
• The critics kept carping over details nobody else noticed.

Comment l'utiliser : carp about something (He keeps carping about the price of coffee.); carp at someone/something (She carped at every suggestion we made.)

Synonymes : complain, nitpick, grumble, cavil

Expressions courantes : carp about something, carp at someone, carp over details