pick a bone (with someone), to
pick a bone (with someone), to
To engage in a dispute; to disagree or quarrel with someone. This term, alluding to two dogs fighting over a bone, dates from the sixteenth century. “I will add this, which may be a bone for you to pick on,” wrote James Calfhill (Answer to Martiall, 1565).
See also: bone, pick
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- no love lost between them, there's
- give someone his/her head, to
- there's something in the wind
- up one's sleeve, to have something
- moon (is) made of green cheese, (and) the
- quarrel out
- for my/one's money
- silver-tongued orator
- live like a prince, to
- quarrel with (something)