pick (someone/something) apart

to find mistakes, weaknesses, or faults in someone or something.

When new software is developed, the company sends out a test version and asks users to pick it apart.

Lots of players are picked apart by their coaches, by the fans, and by the media.

• someone will be along
• someone will go a long way
• someone won't bite
• someone would not be caught dead
• something and a half
• something be damned
• something can't hold a candle to someone else
• something can't hold a candle to something else
• something comes into head
• something comes into your head
• something else
• something falls on deaf ears
• something from hell
• something goes for
• something goes for someone else
• something goes for something else
• something goes to show
• something goes to show you
• something has more bark than bite
• something hits the fan
• something is all need
• something is all you need
• something is anyone's guess
• something is at disposal
• something is at your disposal