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
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
Dahlia Lithwick has a bone to pick with Ted Lasso’s critics.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2023
“Shady, I’ve a bone to pick with you. That hooligan you’ve got staying here—” She stopped, realizing that Shady’s saloon was full of people who she was fairly certain were not his usual crowd.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
