pick to pieces

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Boil twenty minutes this time, drain off every bit of water, put on a platter to cool and pick to pieces as fine as possible, removing every bit of skin and bone.

From The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. by Greenbaum, Florence Kreisler

But if you think I'm going down there to stare around127 at the things in the house and pick to pieces the dishes and the food—you're wrong, Beryl.

From Red-Robin by Richards, Harriet Roosevelt

I never preached a sermon yet that I could not pick to pieces and find fault with.

From To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians by Moody, Dwight Lyman

It is, we confess, an unpleasant and an invidious task, to pick to pieces, bit by bit, the work of an author of high reputation.

From The Philosophy of the Conditioned by Mansel, Henry Longueville

"I'm not goin' to have you out there in that store for these folks to look over and pick to pieces, my girl," he said decidedly.

From Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper by Cooper, James A.