bone to pick

a bone to pick

An issue to discuss—typically one that is a source of annoyance for the speaker. Hey, I have a bone to pick with you! Why didn't you put gas in my car after you borrowed it?
See also: bone, pick
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bone to pick

Grounds for a complaint or dispute.
See also: bone, pick
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • a bone to pick
  • a crow to pluck
  • peeve
  • pet peeve
  • pet peeve, one's
  • (Is there) anything else?
  • (will there be) anything else?
  • anything else?
  • It sucks
  • it/that sucks
References in periodicals archive
Abeer went shopping this week at Dubai Mall with her friend and fellow artist Ferial when a woman approached them at the check out with a bone to pick about their appearance.
Fedonos had another bone to pick with the hoteliers, telling Sigma TV that some hotel owners are falsifying their guest numbers so as to appear to have accommodated fewer people, to get out of paying a higher guest tax to the municipality.
"A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery'' (9 p.m., HALMRK) A librarian with keen investigative skills tries to solve her friend's puzzling murder before the culprit targets her as well.
A New York City administrative law judge has a bone to pick with the Big Apple.
" Prima facie it looks like the work of someone who may have had a bone to pick with the management of the building or some particular person.
The very vocal blonde lady clearly had a bone to pick with the other persons present.
London, February 14 ( ANI ): US TV chat show host David Letterman said that he had 'a bone to pick' with Kate Upton - for wearing a scarf in a mag's swimsuit issue.
If you liked that, how about: "A bone to pick with coffee lovers" as a headline for a press re- lease?
If it doesn't show up, parliament will have a bone to pick with them," he said.
Her biggest bone to pick will be that he didn't wait for her, for I know that she misses him greatly - though even now she would not wish life away.
However, some are viewing producer Joel Surnow, creator of 24 (for the conservative Fox TV network), as a staunch right winger with a bone to pick.
<![CDATA[ The writer has a bone to pick with the New York Times reporting on the Arab-Israel conflict.
But I do have a bone to pick with Lord Mandelson, over his frequent claims that he will seek "assurances" from Kraft about the future of Cadbury.
ANGELA: I've got a bone to pick with you Mr Wright?
Sinisgalli had just one bone to pick with my column.