bone to pick
Example Sentences
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But they’ve got another bone to pick with Holden Caulfield: He is being used as a prop by performative men to impress those around him.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 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
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
“Red, I don’t have any bone to pick with you.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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