preach to



preach to someone

to give a moral discourse to someone. Please don't preach to me. I know that I did wrong. When you preach to us like that, we don't pay any attention to you.
See also: preach

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Cornelis-Dutch
SaxonSAK-sənEnglish (Rare)
JethroJETH-ro (English)Biblical
Fermin-Basque
CarmenKAHR-men (Spanish), KAHR-mən (English)Spanish, English, Italian, Romanian
Mayte-Spanish