pick to pieces
Example Sentences
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Tempt your parrot with English walnuts, bits of apple and pear, and canary and hemp seed, and also give it a red pepper to pick to pieces.
From Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
Hopper was a born gossip, and if there was any one person he loved to talk of and criticize and "pick to pieces" it was Old Swallowtail.
From Mary Louise in the Country by St. John, James Allen
"I'm not goin' to have you out there in that store for these folks to look over and pick to pieces, my girl," he said decidedly.
From Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper by Cooper, James A.
I never preached a sermon yet that I could not pick to pieces and find fault with.
From To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians by Moody, Dwight Lyman
Take all the fat off sweetbreads; throw into boiling water; add one teaspoonful of salt and let stand on fire for twenty minutes; take from fire, remove all skin and pick to pieces.
From Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book by Shuman, Carrie V.
