bone to pick

Speech parts

1. bone to pick - Noun

2. bone to pick - Phrase

Meaning

bone to pick (plural bones to pick)

(usually with with) A disagreeable matter to settle with somebody.
Synonyms: crow to pick, crow to pluck, crow to pull

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

crusher knockdown beef gin grievance finisher bone of contention dustup whinge rammy

Antonyms

harmonics consonance concordance acceptance accordance collaboration
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Examples

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards. Samuel Beckett

The Pen & Pencil in Manchester are celebrating Chinese New Year with a pug cafe and they'll have a bone to pick with you if you don't go. Source: Internet

Jimmy Fallon has a bone to pick with kids’ books: They make him weepy. Source: Internet

Government can provide as a third-party with no bone to pick. Source: Internet

Mike Pence has a bone to pick with transgender people and he’s the one who has been behind this whole transgender thing in the military. Source: Internet

’ve got a bone to pick with Coronavirus (CV) data. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

bone to pick

Close letter words and terms

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