bone to pick

English

Noun

bone to pick (plural bones to pick)

1. (usually with with) An item of disagreement to complain about or resolve.
   • 1903, Joseph A. Altsheler, chapter 1, in Before the Dawn:

     "I say, Winthrop," he cried, "I've got a bone to pick with you. You've been hitting me pretty hard in that rag of yours. Do you know what a public man down in the Gulf States does with an editor who attacks him?"

Derived terms

• have a bone to pick

Translations

item of disagreement

• Afrikaans: 'n appeltjie met iemand te skil hê
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不滿／不满 (zh) (bùmǎn), 不满 (zh) (bùmǎn), 意見／意见 (zh) (yìjiàn), 意见 (zh) (yìjiàn)

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• Finnish: kana kynittävänä
• Russian: please add this translation if you can