pick to pieces

Related to pick to pieces: Pick Up the Pieces

pick (someone or something) to pieces

To make an effort to find flaws or negative aspects in something through excessive analysis or criticism. Every time I show my brother one of my stories, he just picks it to pieces without saying anything that he liked about it. Critics picked him to pieces for his performance, but fans of the franchise seemed to love it.

pick someone or something to pieces

1. Lit. to pull or pinch at someone or something until only pieces are left. The savage birds picked the carcass to pieces. The mice seem to have picked the stuffed doll to pieces.

2. Fig. to criticize someone or something harshly or unduly. You have just picked her to pieces. Leave her alone! The critic picked the play to pieces.

pick (someone) to pieces

To criticize sharply.

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释义	pick to pieces Related to pick to pieces: Pick Up the Pieces pick (someone or something) to pieces To make an effort to find flaws or negative aspects in something through excessive analysis or criticism. Every time I show my brother one of my stories, he just picks it to pieces without saying anything that he liked about it. Critics picked him to pieces for his performance, but fans of the franchise seemed to love it. See also: pick, piece Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. pick someone or something to pieces 1. Lit. to pull or pinch at someone or something until only pieces are left. The savage birds picked the carcass to pieces. The mice seem to have picked the stuffed doll to pieces. 2. Fig. to criticize someone or something harshly or unduly. You have just picked her to pieces. Leave her alone! The critic picked the play to pieces. See also: pick, piece McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. pick (someone) to pieces To criticize sharply. See also: pick, piece American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See also: pick holes pick holes in pick holes in (something) pick holes in something pick someone or something to pieces pick (someone or something) to pieces pick apart pick (something) to bits pick, pull, etc. somebody/something to bits/pieces pull (something) to bits
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