rake over old coals
rake over old coals
To revisit, dredge up, or talk about something that happened in the past, especially that which is unpleasant. Primarily heard in UK. Now, now, there's no need to rake over old coals, that disagreement happened a long time ago.
See also: coal, old, over, rake
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- rake over the ashes
- rake over the ashes/the past
- get the knife into someone
- get your knife into somebody
- get (one's)/the knife into (someone)
- come to a bad end
- come to a bad/sticky end
- get (something) over with
- get it over with
- find (something) out the hard way