bone to pick
Example Sentences
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For Phillips though, there is a little bone to pick.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
Last year, Ripple Chief Executive Brad Garlinghouse had a bone to pick with banks, saying they had shut him and his industry out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
On the chance that he does, I have a bone to pick with him – less cosmic, but something that speaks volumes about his probity and fitness for office.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2025
Nadira Goffe has a bone to pick with Hulu’s new show The Other Black Girl.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2023
“Red, I don’t have any bone to pick with you.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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