bone to pick
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bone to pick
noun bones to pick
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A disagreeable matter to settle with somebody.
"I say, Winthrop," he cried, "I've got a bone to pick with you. You've been hitting me pretty hard in that rag of yours. Do you know what a public man down in the Gulf States does with an editor who attacks him?"
Similar: crow to pick, crow to pluck, crow to pull
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noun disagreeable matter to settle with somebody
| 中文 | 不滿 /不满 bùmǎn, 意見 /意见 yìjiàn |
|---|---|
| Română | nemulțumire, chestiune de reproșat, problemă de lămurit, răfuială |
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title = {bone to pick},
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