bone to pick
Example Sentences
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Last year, Ripple Chief Executive Brad Garlinghouse had a bone to pick with banks, saying they had shut him and his industry out.
Man’s best friend appears to have a bone to pick with U.S.
From Los Angeles Times
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
A critic has the unfortunate task of sniffing for bones to pick.
From Los Angeles Times
United ended up with a draw and a bone to pick with the referee in forward Taxi Fountas’s first start of the season.
From Washington Post
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