bone to pick
Example Sentences
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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
“I have a bone to pick with you,” Palin said, lightly.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2025
On the chance that he does, I have a bone to pick with him – less cosmic, but something that speaks volumes about his probity and fitness for office.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2025
Police said one of its "brave" officers - who had a bone to pick - found the discovery was of a more humerus nature.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023
She didn’t finish her stew, but she did fish out a tiny bone to pick her small white teeth with.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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