carp

carpa

Pesce grande che vive in laghi e fiumi e viene spesso allevato per essere mangiato.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: common carp, catch a carp, carp fishing

cavillare, brontolare

Continuare a lamentarsi o criticare, soprattutto per cose piccole e poco importanti.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: carp about something (He keeps carping about the price of coffee.); carp at someone/something (She carped at every suggestion we made.)

Sinonimi: complain, nitpick, grumble, cavil

Espressioni comuni: carp about something, carp at someone, carp over details