bone to pick
Example Sentences
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For Phillips though, there is a little bone to pick.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
Last year, Ripple Chief Executive Brad Garlinghouse had a bone to pick with banks, saying they had shut him and his industry out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Our only bone to pick here is that Nov. 26 is being described as “after the election.”
From Slate • Sep. 7, 2024
But, for this reason alone, I have a bone to pick with garlic salt.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2023
“Red, I don’t have any bone to pick with you.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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