bone to pick
Example Sentences
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Since the dawn of his career, Eastwick has had more than one bone to pick with evolutionary psychology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
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
Dahlia Lithwick has a bone to pick with Ted Lasso’s critics.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2023
‘Glad indeed I am to see you safe back. But I’ve a bone to pick with you, in a manner o’ speaking, if I may make so bold.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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