have a bone to pick with

have a bone to pick with
have a bone to pick with informal have reason to disagree or be annoyed with.
Main Entry: bone

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  • have a bone to pick with — (someone) something that you say when you want to talk to someone about something they have done that has annoyed you. I have a bone to pick with you. Did you eat that chocolate mousse I was saving for my tea? …   New idioms dictionary

  • have a bone to pick with someone — informal phrase to want to talk to someone about something they have done that has annoyed you I’ve got a bone to pick with you. Thesaurus: to say something, or to speak to someone in an angry waysynonym Main entry: bone * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • have a bone to pick with someone — have a bone to pick with (someone) something that you say when you want to talk to someone about something they have done that has annoyed you. I have a bone to pick with you. Did you eat that chocolate mousse I was saving for my tea? …   New idioms dictionary

  • have a bone to pick with somebody — have a ˈbone to pick with sb idiom (informal) to be angry with sb about sth and want to discuss it with them Main entry: ↑boneidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • have a bone to pick with someone — informal to want to talk to someone about something they have done that has annoyed you I ve got a bone to pick with you …   English dictionary

  • bone to pick with someone —    If you have a bone to pick with someone, you are annoyed with them and want to talk to them about it.     Mark wants to see the boss. He says he s got a bone to pick with him …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • have a bone to pick — verb To have a complaint or grievance with somebody. I have a bone to pick with the accountant who made that costly mistake …   Wiktionary

  • have a bone to pick with someone — informal have reason to disagree or be annoyed with someone. → bone …   English new terms dictionary

  • have a bone to pick with someone — idi to have cause for reproaching someone …   From formal English to slang

  • bone\ to\ pick — • bone to pick • crow to pick n. phr. informal A reason for dispute; something to complain of or argue about. Often used jokingly. I have a bone to pick with you, he said. There was always a crow to pick about which one would shave first in the… …   Словарь американских идиом

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