be on about



be on about

  (informal)
if you ask what a person or a piece of writing is on about, you want to know what they mean (always negative or used in questions) I read her book, but I couldn't understand what it was on about. What are you on about? I've paid you everything I owed!
See also: on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SİNem-Turkish
Hughes[hju:z]
Zvonimira-Croatian
ĐUraĐA-Serbian, Croatian (Archaic)
DearbhÁIl-Irish
Swanahilda-Ancient Germanic