bone to pick
Example Sentences
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Since the dawn of his career, Eastwick has had more than one bone to pick with evolutionary psychology.
From Los Angeles Times
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
