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
Consuela[kɔn'sweilə]
Parastoo-Persian
CreightonKRAY-tənEnglish (Rare)
Indrani-Hinduism, Bengali, Indian, Hindi
GusztÁV-Hungarian
Aleixə-LESHCatalan