pick a hole in

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[pick a hole in] or [pick holes in] {v. phr.}, {informal} To find a mistake in or things wrong with; criticize; blame.

* /The witness said he had been walking in the moonlight last Sunday, but the lawyer picked a hole in what he said by proving that there was no moon and that it rained Sunday night./

* /Mary is always picking holes in what the other girls do./

Compare: FIND FAULT.

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	blame ²⁵ {informal} ¹⁴⁰¹ {v. phr.} ²¹⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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