bone to pick
Example Sentences
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Adapting a classic novel for the stage, the writer had a few bones to pick with the heroic figure of Atticus Finch.
From The New Yorker
I'm with you on the deal, for between us I've got a bone to pick with Shaughnessy myself and I want to see that story in tomorrow's paper.
From Project Gutenberg
Upon the ground are crawling captive kings, without feet or hands, to whom he flings bones to pick.
From Project Gutenberg
There is always a bone to pick with a lover.
From Project Gutenberg
By the way, Mr. Smart, I have a bone to pick with you.
From Project Gutenberg
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