bone to pick

[bone to pick] or [crow to pick] {n. phr.}, {informal} A reason for dispute; something to complain of or argue about. — Often used jokingly.

* /"I have a bone to pick with you," he said./

* /There was always a crow to pick about which one would shave first in the morning./

Compare: BONE OF CONTENTION.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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	pick [pick] See: BONE TO PICK or CROW TO PICK. A Dictionary of American Idioms crow to pick [crow to pick] See: BONE TO PICK or CROW TO PICK. A Dictionary of American Idioms pick out [pick out] {v.} 1. To choose. * /It took Mary a long time to pick ... A Dictionary of American Idioms bone of contention [bone of contention] {n. phr.} Something to fight over; a reason for quarrels; the subject ... A Dictionary of American Idioms pick-me-up [pick-me-up] {n. phr.} Something you take when you feel tired or weak. * /John stopped ... A Dictionary of American Idioms pick a bone [pick a bone] See: BONE TO PICK. A Dictionary of American Idioms have a bone to pick [have a bone to pick] See: BONE TO PICK. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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